Lionel Elie Mamane Wrote: > Not unless that PKCS#11 module "is normally distributed with the major components of the operating system". > (Assuming here that the PKCS#11 module would is a library that GnuPG would be dlopen.)
So how come GPGed application can use display driver that is vendor provided? I use ATI drivers... And I have a lot of GPLed programs on my computer... And how come GPGed application can print on a printer using a proprietary driver from HP (for example)? I can show you that it GPLed program loads these drivers... The same goes to PKCS#11, it is a driver to access the smart card... It is just like any other peripheral component you use, it is part of the run-time environment, so that the user may choose which device should be used, without the software author forcing him to use a specific device. Open source if about freedom... Right? So there is also the freedom of the user to choose his peripheral devices, including smartcards. Best Regards, Alon Bar-Lev. _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users