### 1.2 Features ¶

GSS might have a couple of advantages over other libraries doing a similar job.

It’s Free Software

  Anybody can use, modify, and redistribute it under the terms of the LGPLv3|GPLv2+ license.

It’s thread-safe

  No global variables are used and multiple library handles and session handles may be used in parallell.

It’s internationalized

  It handles non-ASCII names and user visible strings used in the library (e.g., error messages) can be translated into the users’ language.

It’s portable

  It should work on all Unix like operating systems, including Windows.