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authorRalph Giles <ralph.giles@artifex.com>2008-07-14 22:08:12 +0000
committerRalph Giles <ralph.giles@artifex.com>2008-07-14 22:08:12 +0000
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Import the ghostpdl code from the private trunk r3107.
git-svn-id: http://svn.ghostscript.com/ghostscript/trunk@8841 a1074d23-0009-0410-80fe-cf8c14f379e6
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+ The files in the common, doc, main, pcl, pl, psi, pxl, tools
+ and xps directories (folders) and any subdirectories (sub-folders)
+ thereof are part of GhostPCL and GhostXPS.
+
+ The files in the gs directory (folder) and the subdirectories
+ (sub-folders) thereof are part of GPL Ghostscript, along with
+ copies of its dependent third-party libraries. See the file
+ gs/LICENSE for information about this directory,
+
+ GhostPCL, GhostXPS, and GPL Ghostscript are free software; you can
+ redistribute and/or modify them under the terms of version 2 of the
+ GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+
+ GhostPCL, GhostXPS, and GPL Ghostscript are distributed in the hope
+ that they will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the
+ implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+ See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with this program so you can know your rights and responsibilities.
+ It should be in a file named COPYING. If not, write to the
+ Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place Suite 330, Boston, MA
+ 02111-1307, USA.
+
+ ---
+
+ The set of truetype fonts in the urwfonts directory are necessary for
+ the PCL/XL interpreter to function propery but they are NOT FREE
+ SOFTWARE and are NOT distributed under the GNU GPL. They can instead
+ be redistributed under the AFPL licence which bars commercial use.
+
+ ---
+ This software (GhostPCL, GhostXPS and GPL Ghostscript) contains
+ an implementation of techniques covered by US Patents 5,055,942
+ and 5,917,614, and corresponding international patents. These
+ patents are licensed for use with this software under the following
+ grant:
+
+ Whereas, Raph Levien (hereinafter "Inventor") has obtained patent
+ protection for related technology (hereinafter "Patented
+ Technology"), Inventor wishes to aid the the GNU Free Software
+ project in achieving its goals, and Inventor also wishes to
+ increase public awareness of Patented Technology, Inventor hereby
+ grants a fully paid up, nonexclusive, royalty free license to
+ practice the patents listed below ("the Patents") if and only if
+ practiced in conjunction with software distributed under the
+ terms of any version of the GNU General Public License as
+ published by the Free Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place, Suite
+ 330, Boston, MA 02111. Inventor reserves all other rights,
+ including without limitation, licensing for software not
+ distributed under the GNU General Public License.
+
+ 5055942 Photographic image reproduction device using digital
+ halftoning to screen images allowing adjustable coarseness
+
+ 5917614 Method and apparatus for error diffusion screening of
+ images with improved smoothness in highlight and shadow
+ regions