[gs-cvs] rev 7446 - trunk/gs/doc
giles at ghostscript.com
giles at ghostscript.com
Mon Dec 4 13:17:43 PST 2006
Author: giles
Date: 2006-12-04 13:17:43 -0800 (Mon, 04 Dec 2006)
New Revision: 7446
Added:
trunk/gs/doc/COPYING
Removed:
trunk/gs/doc/Public.htm
Modified:
trunk/gs/doc/Commprod.htm
trunk/gs/doc/Readme.htm
trunk/gs/doc/gs-vms.hlp
Log:
Remove the APFL and add the GPL to reflect our now-GPL development practice. For the record, this tree has been GPL licensed since the 8.54 release, but this is now explicit.
Added: trunk/gs/doc/COPYING
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--- trunk/gs/doc/COPYING 2006-12-04 18:17:42 UTC (rev 7445)
+++ trunk/gs/doc/COPYING 2006-12-04 21:17:43 UTC (rev 7446)
@@ -0,0 +1,340 @@
+ GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
+ Version 2, June 1991
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Modified: trunk/gs/doc/Commprod.htm
===================================================================
--- trunk/gs/doc/Commprod.htm 2006-12-04 18:17:42 UTC (rev 7445)
+++ trunk/gs/doc/Commprod.htm 2006-12-04 21:17:43 UTC (rev 7446)
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
<h2>Table of contents</h2>
<ul>
-<li><a href="#AFPL">The Aladdin Free Public License (AFPL)</a>
<li><a href="#GPL">The GNU General Public License (GPL)</a>
<li><a href="#examples">Distribution examples</a>
</ul>
@@ -51,139 +50,26 @@
<p>
The use of the public-access "free" versions of Ghostscript
-<h2><a name="AFPL"></a>The Aladdin Free Public License</h2>
-
-<p>
-Ghostscript is a copyrighted work whose copyright is owned by artofcode LLC.
-Some versions of Ghostscript are distributed freely under the name AFPL
-Ghostscript or (for older versions) Aladdin Ghostscript; these versions are
-always distributed with a license, called the <a href="Public.htm">Aladdin
-Free Public License</a> (also known as the AFPL), which permits redistribution
-under certain conditions. These
-conditions will almost always be met easily by individuals in their personal
-use of AFPL Ghostscript. AFPL Ghostscript may be <em>used</em> freely,
-including by commercial entities for evaluation or unsupported internal use.
-However, <em>distribution</em> for commercial purposes of Ghostscript, or
-anything containing or derived from Ghostscript in whole or in part,
-generally requires a written commercial license from <a
-href="#Artifex">Artifex Software Inc.</a>, the sole entity authorized by the
-copyright holder to grant such licenses. More specifically, the AFPL
-states:
-
-<blockquote>
-<p>
-Distribution of the Program or any work based on the Program by a
-commercial organization to any third party is prohibited if any payment is
-made in connection with such distribution, whether directly (as in payment
-for a copy of the Program) or indirectly (as in payment for some service
-related to the Program, or payment for some product or service that
-includes a copy of the Program "without charge"; these are only examples,
-and not an exhaustive enumeration of prohibited activities). However, the
-following methods of distribution involving payment shall not in and of
-themselves be a violation of this restriction:
-
-<p>
-(i) Posting the Program on a public access information storage and
-retrieval service for which a fee is received for retrieving information
-(such as an on-line service), provided that the fee is not
-content-dependent (i.e., the fee would be the same for retrieving the same
-volume of information consisting of random data).
-
-<p>(ii) Distributing the Program on a CD-ROM, provided that the files
-containing the Program are reproduced entirely and verbatim on such CD-ROM,
-and provided further that all information on such CD-ROM be redistributable
-for non-commercial purposes without charge.
-</dl>
-</blockquote>
-
-<p>
-The intent of the exception provided in clause (i) is to allow commercial
-organizations operating an FTP server or a bulletin board to distribute
-AFPL Ghostscript freely from it, provided that:
-
-<p>
-(1) the organization complies with the other provisions of the
-AFPL, which include among other things a requirement to distribute the
-full source code of AFPL Ghostscript and of any derived work, and to
-distribute the AFPL itself along with AFPL Ghostscript;
-
-<p>
-(2) the only charge for downloading AFPL Ghostscript is a charge
-based on the distribution service and not one based on the content of the
-information being retrieved (i.e., the charge would be the same for
-retrieving a random collection of bits of the same size);
-
-<p>
-(3) the server or BBS is accessible to the general public, i.e.,
-the phone number or IP address is not kept secret, and anyone may obtain
-access to the information (possibly by paying a subscription or access fee
-that is not dependent on or related to purchasing anything else).
-
-<p>
-Similarly, the exception in clause (ii) is intended to allow inclusion
-of
-AFPL Ghostscript on "freeware" CD-ROMs that contain only material that
-is in the public domain, or is freely redistributable provided only that a
-copyright notice is retained (such as the Independent JPEG Group
-libraries), or is distributed under some other kind of license allowing
-free redistribution such as the GNU
-<a href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html">General Public License</a>.
-
-<p>
-If you want to distribute software in a commercial context that
-incorporates Ghostscript and you do <em>not</em> want to meet these
-conditions, you should contact <a href="#Artifex">Artifex Software</a> to
-find out about commercial licensing. Commercial licenses involve a
-(negotiated) payment, and includes support and other benefits. These are
-the only ways you legally can distribute AFPL Ghostscript or anything containing
-AFPL Ghostscript: either by distributing Ghostscript under the
-requirements of the AFPL, or by getting a commercial license from Artifex
-Software.
-
-<p>
-<a name="Artifex"></a>For commercial licensing, please contact:
-
-<blockquote><address>
-Licensing Information<br>
-Artifex Software Inc.<br>
-454 Las Gallinas Ave., suite 108<br>
-San Rafael, CA 94903 U.S.A.<br>
-+1-415-492-9861 telephone<br>
-+1-415-492-9862 fax<br>
-<a href="mailto:info at artifex.com">info at artifex.com</a><br>
-<a href="http://www.artifex.com/">http://www.artifex.com/</a>
-</address></blockquote>
-
-<p>
-If you have questions about the information in this document, please
-contact:
-
-<blockquote><address>
-artofcode LLC<br>
-940 Tyler St. Studio 6<br>
-Benicia CA 94510 U.S.A.<br>
-+1-707-746-6398 fax<br>
-<a href="mailto:raph at artofcode.com">raph at artofcode.com</a><br>
-<a href="http://www.ghostscript.com/">http://www.ghostscript.com/</a>
-</address></blockquote>
-
<h2><a name="GPL"></a>The GNU General Public License (GPL)</h2>
<p>
-Other versions of Ghostscript (usually the previous major release of AFPL Ghostscript)
+Ghostscript is a copyrighted work whose copyright is owned by artofcode LLC.
+Some versions of Ghostscript are distributed freely under the name
+GPL Ghostscript or (for older versions) GNU Ghostscript; these versions
are distributed with a license called the GNU
<a href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html">General Public License</a>
-(also known as the "GNU License", the "GPL", or "copyleft"), which is similar
-to the AFPL in requiring source disclosure, but also
-allows distribution with commercial products under certain conditions.
-These versions are identified as "GPL Ghostscript" or (for older versions)
-"GNU Ghostscript." The remainder of this section applies only to versions
-identified explicitly as GPL or GNU Ghostscript versions; the generic name
-Ghostscript, when applied to versions above 4.03, refers to AFPL
-Ghostscript, which is governed by the Aladdin Free Public License, not the
-GPL.
+(also known as the "GNU License", the "GPL", or "copyleft"), which allows gratis and commercial distribution under certain conditions, most
+particularly, source complete source disclosure.
+</p>
<p>
+Versions of Ghostscript between version 4.03 and 8.54 were also
+distributed under a more restrictive license disallowing commercial
+redistribution entirely. These versions were labelled "AFPL Ghostsript" or
+just "Ghostscript", and were governed by the Aladdin Free Public License.
+</p>
+
+<p>
The full GPL is included under the name
<b><tt>COPYING</tt></b> in the GPL Ghostscript fileset, and
can also be obtained directly from the Free Software Foundation:
@@ -227,41 +113,41 @@
<p> If your application, including all of its source code, is
licensed
-to the public under the AFPL or the GNU GPL, you are authorized to ship
-AFPL Ghostscript or GPL Ghostscript, respectively, with your application
+to the public under the GNU GPL, you are authorized to ship
+GPL Ghostscript with your application
under the terms of those license agreements. You do not need a
-commercial license from Artifex. The terms of the GNU GPL and the AFPL
+commercial license from Artifex. The terms of the GNU GPL
include the requirement that your application be licensed as a whole at
no charge to all third parties. Moreover, the entire application must be
licensed to the public under the GNU GPL or AFPL respectively.
-<p> IF YOUR APPLICATION IS NOT LICENSED TO THE PUBLIC UNDER THE AFPL OR
+<p> IF YOUR APPLICATION IS NOT LICENSED TO THE PUBLIC UNDER
THE GNU GPL AND YOU PLAN TO DISTRIBUTE GHOSTSCRIPT SOFTWARE. . .
<p> If your application (including its source code) is not licensed
-to the public under the GNU GPL or AFPL, you are not authorized to ship
-GPL or AFPL Ghostscript with your application under the terms of the GNU GPL
-or AFPL, respectively, if any one of the following is true:
+to the public under the GNU GPL, you are not authorized to ship
+GPL Ghostscript with your application under the terms of the GNU GPL
+if any one of the following is true:
<ul>
-<li> your application contains a copy of some or all of GPL or AFPL
+<li> your application contains a copy of some or all of GPL
Ghostscript;
<li> your application is derived from, is based on, or constitutes a
-revision of some or all of GPL or AFPL Ghostscript;
+revision of some or all of GPL or Ghostscript;
<li> your application includes one or more functions that use some or
-all of GPL or AFPL Ghostscript.
+all of GPL or Ghostscript.
</ul>
<p>
These criteria apply to your application as a whole. Even if only
one section of your application satisfies one of these criteria, you are
-not authorized to ship GPL or AFPL Ghostscript with your application
+not authorized to ship GPL Ghostscript with your application
unless your application, including all of its source code, is licensed
-to the public under the GNU GPL or AFPL, respectively.
+to the public under the GNU GPL.
<p>
If your application (including its source code) is NOT licensed to
-the public under the AFPL or the GNU GPL and you intend to distribute
+the public under the GNU GPL and you intend to distribute
Ghostscript (either internally or externally) for use with and usable by
your application, you MUST first obtain a commercial license from
Artifex.
@@ -273,9 +159,9 @@
include:
<p>
1. Distributing Ghostscript (or any component thereof) within your
-non-AFPL and non-GNU GPL application.
+non-GNU GPL application.
<p>
- 2. Distributing Ghostscript on the same media with your non-AFPL and
+ 2. Distributing Ghostscript on the same media with your
non-GNU GPL application for use with and by your application.
<p>
3. Distributing Ghostscript embedded within hardware.
@@ -357,10 +243,9 @@
modified or distributed except as expressly authorized under the terms
of the license contained in the file LICENSE in this distribution.
-For more information about licensing, please refer to
-http://www.ghostscript.com/licensing/. For information on
-commercial licensing, go to http://www.artifex.com/licensing/ or
-contact Artifex Software, Inc., 101 Lucas Valley Road #110,
+For more information about licensing, please visit
+http://www.artifex.com/licensing/
+or contact Artifex Software, Inc., 7 Mt. Lassen Drive - Suite A-134,
San Rafael, CA 94903, U.S.A., +1(415)492-9861.
<p>
Deleted: trunk/gs/doc/Public.htm
===================================================================
--- trunk/gs/doc/Public.htm 2006-12-04 18:17:42 UTC (rev 7445)
+++ trunk/gs/doc/Public.htm 2006-12-04 21:17:43 UTC (rev 7446)
@@ -1,307 +0,0 @@
-<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
-<html>
-<head>
-<title>Aladdin Free Public License</title>
-<!-- $Id$ -->
-<!-- Originally: PUBLIC -->
-<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="gs.css" title="Ghostscript Style">
-</head>
-
-<body>
-<!-- [1.0 begin visible header] ============================================ -->
-
-<!-- [1.1 begin headline] ================================================== -->
-
-<h1>Aladdin Free Public License<br>
-(Version 9, September 18, 2000)</h1>
-
-<!-- [1.1 end headline] ==================================================== -->
-
-<!-- [1.2 begin table of contents] ========================================= -->
-
-<!-- [1.2 end table of contents] =========================================== -->
-
-<!-- [1.3 begin hint] ====================================================== -->
-
-<p align=center>
-Copyright (C) 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 Aladdin Enterprises,<br>
-Menlo Park, California, U.S.A. All rights reserved.
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-care.
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-
-<!-- [1.3 end hint] ======================================================== -->
-
-<!-- [1.0 end visible header] ============================================== -->
-
-<!-- [2.0 begin contents] ================================================== -->
-
-<p>
-Aladdin Enterprises hereby grants to anyone the permission to apply this
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-
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-the program known as "GPL Ghostscript" nor the version of Ghostscript
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-EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
-SUCH DAMAGES.
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-
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-
-<p>
-This License is governed by the laws of the State of California, U.S.A.,
-excluding choice of law rules.
-
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-If any part of this License is found to be in conflict with the law, that
-part shall be interpreted in its broadest meaning consistent with the law,
-and no other parts of the License shall be affected.
-
-<p>
-For United States Government users, the Program is provided with
-<b>RESTRICTED RIGHTS</b>. If you are a unit or agency of the
-United States Government or are acquiring the Program for any such unit or
-agency, the following apply:
-
-<blockquote>
-If the unit or agency is the Department of Defense ("DOD"), the Program
-and its documentation are classified as "commercial computer software" and
-"commercial computer software documentation" respectively and, pursuant to
-DFAR Section 227.7202, the Government is acquiring the Program and its
-documentation in accordance with the terms of this License. If the unit or
-agency is other than DOD, the Program and its documentation are classified
-as "commercial computer software" and "commercial computer software
-documentation" respectively and, pursuant to FAR Section 12.212, the
-Government is acquiring the Program and its documentation in accordance
-with the terms of this License.
-</blockquote>
-
-<!-- [2.0 end contents] ==================================================== -->
-
-<!-- [3.0 begin visible trailer] =========================================== -->
-<!-- Ghostscript version 6.24, -->
-<!-- 19 September 2000 -->
-<!-- [3.0 end visible trailer] ============================================= -->
-
-</body>
-</html>
Modified: trunk/gs/doc/Readme.htm
===================================================================
--- trunk/gs/doc/Readme.htm 2006-12-04 18:17:42 UTC (rev 7445)
+++ trunk/gs/doc/Readme.htm 2006-12-04 21:17:43 UTC (rev 7446)
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
<li><a href="#Theme_roadmap">Document roadmap by theme</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#New_users">What should I read if I'm a new user?</a>
-<li><a href="#Two_Ghostscripts">AFPL Ghostscript and GPL Ghostscript</a>
+<li><a href="#Two_Ghostscripts">GPL Ghostscript and commerical Ghostscript</a>
<li><a href="#Before_building">Before building Ghostscript</a>
<li><a href="#Not_a_new_user">What should I read if I'm not a new user?</a>
<li><a href="#Developer">What if I'm a developer?</a>
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
<td> <td valign=top>
<a href="#News">News.htm</a><br>
<a href="#Psfiles">Psfiles.htm</a><br>
-<a href="#Public">Public.htm</a><br>
+<a href="#COPYING">COPYING</a><br>
</table></blockquote>
<li>Primarily for developers:
<blockquote><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0>
@@ -143,15 +143,13 @@
<strong>NO WARRANTY</strong> and <strong>NO SUPPORT</strong>
</ul>
-<h3><a name="Two_Ghostscripts"></a>AFPL Ghostscript and GPL Ghostscript</h3>
+<h3><a name="Two_Ghostscripts"></a>GPL and commercial Ghostscript</h3>
<p>
-AFPL Ghostscript and GPL Ghostscript are <a href="Commprod.htm">different releases</a>.
-If you have AFPL Ghostscript, not the GPL Ghostscript releases, you should
-read (or at least skim through):
+GPL Ghostscript, Artifex Ghostscript and AFPL Ghostscript are <a href="Commprod.htm">different releases</a>.
<ul>
-<li>additional information about <a href="Public.htm">AFPL Ghostscript
-releases</a> that is not relevant to GPL Ghostscript releases.
+<li>additional information about <a href="COPYING">GPL Ghostscript
+releases</a> that is not relevant to commercial versions.
</ul>
<p>
@@ -226,9 +224,9 @@
</ul>
<p>
-If you are considering distributing Ghostscript (either AFPL or GPL
-versions) in conjunction with a commercial product, you should read the
-<a href="Public.htm">license</a> carefully, and you should also read
+If you are considering distributing GPL Ghostscript in conjunction
+with a commercial product, you should read the
+<a href="COPYING">license</a> carefully, and you should also read
<ul>
<li> additional clarification of the circumstances under which Ghostscript
@@ -284,7 +282,7 @@
<p>
Ghostscript has a home page on the World Wide Web with helpful information
such as the FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) and a list of known problems
-and workarounds for the current AFPL Ghostscript release (in the
+and workarounds for the current GPL Ghostscript release (in the
"Obtaining" file for that release):
<blockquote>
@@ -370,19 +368,10 @@
<dl>
<dt><a name="Commprod"></a><a href="Commprod.htm"><b>Commprod.htm</b></a>
<dd> The conditions under which Ghostscript may be distributed in a
-commercial context. See also the <a href="#Public">Aladdin Free Public
-License</a>.
+commercial context. See also the <a href="#COPYING">GNU General Public License</a>.
</dl>
<dl>
-<dt><a name="Copying"></a><a href="Copying.htm"><b>Copying.htm</b></a>
-<dd> A reminder that AFPL Ghostscript is governed <b>NOT</b> by
-the <a href="http://www.gnu.org/">Free Software Foundation's</a> GNU
-<a href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html">General Public License</a>
-but by the <a href="#Public">Aladdin Free Public License</a>.
-</dl>
-
-<dl>
<dt><a name="DLL"></a><a href="DLL.htm"><b>DLL.htm</b></a>
<dd> On OS/2, MS Windows-16 and MS Windows-32 platforms, Ghostscript is
compiled as a dynamic link library (DLL). This describes how to use it.
@@ -559,9 +548,9 @@
</dl>
<dl>
-<dt><a name="Public"></a><a href="Public.htm"><b>Public.htm</b></a>
-<dd> The Aladdin Free Public License, which states the conditions for using
-and redistributing AFPL Ghostscript.
+<dt><a name="COPYING"></a><a href="COPYING"><b>COPYING</b></a>
+<dd> The GNU General Public License, which states the conditions for using
+and redistributing GPL Ghostscript.
</dl>
<dl>
Modified: trunk/gs/doc/gs-vms.hlp
===================================================================
--- trunk/gs/doc/gs-vms.hlp 2006-12-04 18:17:42 UTC (rev 7445)
+++ trunk/gs/doc/gs-vms.hlp 2006-12-04 21:17:43 UTC (rev 7446)
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
1 gs
- gs - AFPL Ghostscript interpreter/previewer
+ gs - GPL Ghostscript interpreter/previewer
! $Id$
! Ghostscript version 8.54, 17 May 2006
Usage:
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