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author | Ralph Giles <ralph.giles@artifex.com> | 2008-07-14 22:08:12 +0000 |
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committer | Ralph Giles <ralph.giles@artifex.com> | 2008-07-14 22:08:12 +0000 |
commit | da8b7d890f7853425c6603aec2788a74ac320170 (patch) | |
tree | f2c985ebfe6c4108ba812aa62fad339ec5171bb9 /LICENSE | |
parent | 859b90f4df3afce7a364df24879043733bab96b7 (diff) | |
parent | 181e9350dc7c4992ed35efddd209690e0d62abb2 (diff) | |
download | ghostpdl-da8b7d890f7853425c6603aec2788a74ac320170.tar.gz |
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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diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE new file mode 100644 index 000000000..942529370 --- /dev/null +++ b/LICENSE @@ -0,0 +1,59 @@ + + 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 |