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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#212121">Hi GnuPG team,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">I hope you’re doing well. </span><span style="color:#212121">I need to register an account to contribute patches related to IBM z/OS platform</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">As part of the zOpen community<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://github.com/zopencommunity" title="https://github.com/zopencommunity"><span style="color:#96607D">https://github.com/zopencommunity</span></a>),
where we work on porting open-source tools to z/OS.</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"-webkit-standard",serif;color:black"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color:black">As part of this effort, we have ported GnuPG
and its related libraries to z/OS and made various improvements. We would now like to contribute back by upstreaming the patches we have developed.</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">For reference, here are the GitHub links to the patches we have done so far for the GnuPG project and its libraries:</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b>GnuPG:</b> <a href="https://github.com/zopencommunity/gpgport/tree/main/patches" title="https://github.com/zopencommunity/gpgport/tree/main/patches"><span style="color:#96607D">https://github.com/zopencommunity/gpgport/tree/main/patches</span></a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b>Libgcrypt:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://github.com/zopencommunity/libgcryptport/tree/main/patches" title="https://github.com/zopencommunity/libgcryptport/tree/main/patches"><span style="color:#96607D">https://github.com/zopencommunity/libgcryptport/tree/main/patches</span></a></b><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b>Libassuan:</b> <a href="https://github.com/zopencommunity/libassuanport/tree/main/patches" title="https://github.com/zopencommunity/libassuanport/tree/main/patches"><span style="color:#96607D">https://github.com/zopencommunity/libassuanport/tree/main/patches</span></a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b>Libksba:</b> <a href="https://github.com/zopencommunity/libksbaport/tree/main/patches" title="https://github.com/zopencommunity/libksbaport/tree/main/patches"><span style="color:#96607D">https://github.com/zopencommunity/libksbaport/tree/main/patches</span></a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b>NPTH:</b> <a href="https://github.com/zopencommunity/npthport/tree/main/patches" title="https://github.com/zopencommunity/npthport/tree/main/patches"><span style="color:#96607D">https://github.com/zopencommunity/npthport/tree/main/patches</span></a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b>Ntbls:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://github.com/zopencommunity/ntbtlsport/tree/main/patches" title="https://github.com/zopencommunity/ntbtlsport/tree/main/patches"><span style="color:#96607D">https://github.com/zopencommunity/ntbtlsport/tree/main/patches</span></a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b>Libgpgerror:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://github.com/zopencommunity/libgpgerrorport/tree/main/patches" title="https://github.com/zopencommunity/libgpgerrorport/tree/main/patches"><span style="color:#96607D">https://github.com/zopencommunity/libgpgerrorport/tree/main/patches</span></a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b>Pinentry:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://github.com/zopencommunity/pinentryport/tree/main/patches" title="https://github.com/zopencommunity/pinentryport/tree/main/patches"><span style="color:#96607D">https://github.com/zopencommunity/pinentryport/tree/main/patches</span></a><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Please let me know if there are any updates on the account creation process or if you need any additional details from us. We appreciate your support and look forward to contributing to the GnuPG community.</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Here are my preferred account details.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Preferred credential</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Handle - sachint</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">shown name – Sachin T</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">mail address –<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:Sachin.t@ibm.com" title="mailto:Sachin.t@ibm.com"><span style="color:#96607D">Sachin.t@ibm.com</span></a></span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#212121"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#212121">Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#212121">Sachin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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