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* Adopted both versions 3.0 and 4.0 (i.e. 3.0 or any later) of the CC BY-SA license. * Added copies of each to the repo as well as copies converted from HTML to Org-Mode. * Converted copies might require some editing, but they'll do for now (at least full copies are included at all, most projects just link to them). * Updated README to reflect this change. * Included external links in the README.
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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
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modules 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.
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non-C) languages and bindings. While it should be able to be imported
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into any Python 3 code as a normal Python module or library, this is
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not the principal goal. The real value is in providing an API for
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everyone by providing a pseudo-REST style API. It is not actually a
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REST API because it is not purely web-based, though could be
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implemented that way (and almost certainly will be by many).
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GPyGME will accept and respond with JSON data types to provide a
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method of interaction with GPGME with which most, if not all, modern
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application developers are familiar. Consequently the bindings ought
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to be usable by anyone for any purpose for which GPGME could meet the
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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. It
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may also include some tools or sample code licensed under the GPL 2.0
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or 3.0. Any such code will be marked clearly as such. Documentation
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will be covered by both the GPLv3+ as with the GPGME documentation and
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the [[http://creativecommons.org][Creative Commons]] [[http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode][Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported Public
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License]] (CC BY-SA 3.0) and the [[http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode][Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0
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International Public License]] (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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Contributions to GPyGME require the same licensing and assurances be
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granted the project as are presently required by GPGME. Specifically
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that authors agree to license their contributions under both the LGPL
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version 2.1 and the GPL version 2.0; using the "or any later" clause
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in both cases. Documentation authors are required to include the
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matching both the Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0 and 4.0 licenses in
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addition to the GPL and LGPL.
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While we do not request the copyright of these contributions be signed
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over to the Free Software Foundation, we do request developers and
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authors include a signed copy of the [[http://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p%3Dgpgme.git%3Ba%3Dblob_plain%3Bf%3Ddoc/DCO%3Bhb%3DHEAD][GPGME Developers' Certificate of
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Origin]] (DCO) as per the instructions provided with the GPGME
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documentation. See the [[http://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p%3Dgpgme.git%3Ba%3Dblob_plain%3Bf%3Ddoc/HACKING%3Bhb%3DHEAD][hacking]] document for more details.
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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
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your 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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