> The only place in the GPL where libraries are mentioned is in reference > to the LGPL. Using the Microsoft CryptoAPI doesn't appear to be legal; > AFAICT, this is similar to the reason why Enigmail insists on GPG > instead of being able to interface with PGP on Windows systems.
Wrong. >From GPL Article 3. The source code for a work means the preferred form of the work for making modifications to it. For an executable work, complete source code means all the source code for all modules it contains, plus any associated interface definition files, plus the scripts used to control compilation and installation of the executable. However, as a special exception, the source code distributed need not include anything that is normally distributed (in either source or binary form) with the major components (compiler, kernel, and so on) of the operating system on which the executable runs, unless that component itself accompanies the executable. As the MS crypto API is normally distributed with MS Windows, the OS on which the executable runs, it would be permited to link it in. --David. _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
