GPG.exe binary included

Hubert Figuiere hub at figuiere.net
Thu May 1 23:31:39 CEST 2008


On Thu, 2008-05-01 at 16:05 -0400, Giampiero De Ciantis wrote:
> I have an inquiry about including a pre-built GPL binary within an  
> application. The application contains a plugin that encrypts files  
> using GPG.exe. The code in the plugin is not linked in any way other  
> than to call GPG.exe command line with arguments to encrypt or
> decrypt  
> a file. A notice in the application contains a GPL license
> attribution  
> that states that source code is available for GPG.exe by request.
> Does  
> the mere fact that the GPG.exe is included with the entire bundle  
> automatically make the entire product fall under the GPL?

No. this is actually a FAQ.

Hub




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