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@@ -1,68 +1,69 @@ +The files in the base, psi, lib, toolbin, examples, doc and man +directories (folders) and any subdirectories (sub-folders) +thereof are part of GPL Ghostscript. - The files in the common, doc, main, pcl, pl, psi, pxl, tools, svg - and xps directories (folders) and any subdirectories (sub-folders) - thereof are part of GhostPCL, GhostXPS and GhostSVG, collectively - known as GhostPDL. +The files in the Resource directory and any subdirectories thereof +are also part of GPL Ghostscript, with the explicit exception of +the files in the CMap subdirectory (except "Identity-UTF16-H", +which is part of GPL Ghostscript). The CMap files are copyright +Adobe Systems Incorporated and covered by a separate, Affero GPL +compatible license. - 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, +Additionally, the font files (in Resource/Font) are distributed +under the AGPL with the following exemption: - GhostPDL and GPL Ghostscript are free software; you can redistribute - and/or modify them under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public - License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version - 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. +As a special exception, permission is granted to include these font +programs in a Postscript or PDF file that consists of a document that +contains text to be displayed or printed using this font, regardless +of the conditions or license applying to the document itself. - GhostPDL 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 Affero General Public License for more details. - You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero 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 files under the jpegxr directory and any subdirectories +thereof are distributed under a no cost, open source license +granted by the ITU/ISO/IEC but it is not Affero GPL +compatible - see jpegxr/COPYRIGHT.txt for details. - The set of truetype fonts in the urwfonts directory are necessary for - the PCL/XL interpreter to function properly 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. +GPL Ghostscript is free software; you can redistribute it and/or +modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License +as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 +of the License, or (at your option) any later version. - If your copy of GhostPDL includes these fonts, you should have - received a copy of the the Aladdin Free Pubilc License, usually - in a file called COPYING.AFPL. If not, please contact Artifex - Software, Inc. 7 Mt. Lassen Drive, Suite A-134, San Rafael CA - 94903 USA, or visit http://www.artifex.com/ +GPL Ghostscript is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, +but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of +MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU +Affero General Public License for more details. - --- +You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public +License along with this program so you can know your rights and +responsibilities. It should be in a file named doc/COPYING. If not, +write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place Suite +330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. - This software (GhostPDL 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. +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 +GPL Ghostscript under the following grant: - 5055942 Photographic image reproduction device using digital - halftoning to screen images allowing adjustable coarseness +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 Affero 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 Affero General Public License. - 5917614 Method and apparatus for error diffusion screening of - images with improved smoothness in highlight and shadow - regions +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 |