Hi all. Recently, there was a tread about getting pgp to the masses. There was a general consenus that nice GUIs are needed to get pgp used by the masses. THere needs to be a MS Windows version that is easy to use. The bast way to go about doing this is to turn pgp into a library that other programmers can link into thier code. Once the library is finished, people could roll GUIs for every platform out there. FOr example, under MS Windows, if a pgp DLL (Dynamic Link Library) existed, we could use something as simple as Visual Basic to make an easy-to-use front end for pgp. It also shouldn't be so difficult to incoporate a pgp library into various mailers and newsreaders. Now, I'm not one of those who dream up some grandiose idea and then expect someone else to do it. I plan to make (or at least try) a pgp library. However, I am rather new to all this, so I could use some advice: 1) I going to use C++ for this. Are there any platforms that do not have a c++ compiler, or is there any other good reason to stick with C. 2) Should I use the MIT version or the pgp2.6ui version as a starting point? I am in the United States. 3) Assuming I complete this, how do I release the code without having somebody break down my door? (the export and patent nonsense. Isn't living in america dandy :-) _____________________________________________________________________________ Tim Nali \ "We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of tn0s@andrew.cmu.edu \ the dreams" -Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory