using verify over stdin

[Marcus Brinkmann]

On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 02:38:19PM +0100, Jan Niehusmann wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 02:24:24PM +0100, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 06:18:05AM -0800, Justin Karneges wrote:
> > > I'm trying to write a program to interface with gpg.
> > 
> > Now, the one question I asked me all the time while reading this thread (but
> > I am biased, you have to know):  Why don't you just use GPGME?
> 
> - License incompatibilities (GPGME is GPL and cannot be linked with
>   non-GPL programs. Qt is non-GPL on windows)

Minor nit: It can not be combined with programs that are not licensed under
GPL-compatible licenses.  But it's a good reason indeed.

> - GPGME is not supported on windows. (I know it may work, though)

I think someone is working on it.  It shouldn't be hard to revive the port
(unless you also want gpgsm support).
 
> I think the license incompatibility is reason enough, as long as the
> gpgme license doesn't get an exception clause to allow linking with qt.

Definitely.

Thanks,
Marcus

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