encrypted file integration into KDE

[Ingo Klöcker]

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On Sunday 28 April 2002 01:40, George Staikos wrote:
> On April 27, 2002 14:42, Ingo Klöcker wrote:
> > > License is lgpl, so we can use it or tune it.
> >
> > How on earth can a lgpl licenced library implement a patented
> > algorithm (IDEA) which must not be used in a commercial environment
> > without paying some license fee to the swiss company which owns the
> > IDEA patent?
> > I'm just wondering. If you want to make use of this library you
> > have to make sure that the IDEA algorithm is never used in KDE.
>
>   That is exactly why I wanted a plugin system.  Say I want to use
> IDEA.  In Canada we can use and export (though not re-export)
> virtually anything we want.  A plugin based system would allow this. 
> And a system that allows me to choose algorithms would allow me to
> re-encrypt with a different algorithm if I want to send an encrypted
> file to someone in a country where the current system is not allowed.

JFYI, there is an IDEA plugin for GnuPG.

Regards,
Ingo

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