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* GPyGME
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** Project Goal
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Intended as both a replacement of the older PyME bindings for Python 2
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and Python 3, though it will only be implemented in Python 3. Some
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effort may be made to allow it to work as a module or series of modules
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in Python 2, but there are no guarantees.
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GPyGME is intended to be the official API for third party (i.e. non-C)
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languages and bindings. While it should be able to be imported into any
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Python 3 code as a normal Python module or library, this is not the
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principal goal. The real value is in providing an API for everyone by
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providing a pseudo-REST style API. It is not actually a REST API because
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it is not purely web-based, though could be implemented that way (and
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almost certainly will be by many).
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GPyGME will accept and respond with JSON data types to provide a method
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of interaction with GPGME with which most, if not all, modern
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application developers are familiar. Consequently the bindings ought to
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be usable by anyone for any purpose for which GPGME could meet the need.
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** Project Name
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GPyGME, with the first "G" being silent is pronounced the same way as
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[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmy_peoples][pygme]]. It could be thought of as a diminutive form of GPGME with the
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ability to unlock just as much power.
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** Licensing
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GPyGME utilises the LGPL 2.1+ license, the same as GPGME itself. As it
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is built on GPGME this is a requirement. Documentation will be covered
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by both the GPLv3+ as with the GPGME documentation and a Creative
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Commons license.
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Note that interacting with the GPyGME API as a stand alone interface
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(i.e. sending and receiving JSON data to it via a socket, command or
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other connection type) does not require conforming with either the GPL
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or LGPL licenses. Only when importing or integrating this code into your
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own application does that become a requirement.
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** Feedback
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GPyGME is written and maintained by [[mailto:ben@adversary.org][Ben McGinnes]], but discussion ought
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to be conducted on the [[https://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-devel][gnupg-devel]] mailing list.
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