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<h1>Third Party Libraries Used by
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The table below details the third party libraries that Ghostscript and/or
GhostPDL include, the versions QA tested and shipped with our releases,
the relevant license, and the "upstream" URL.
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<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
<u><b>Library Name</b></u>
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<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
<u><b>Version</b></u>
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<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
<u><b>Function</b></u>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
<u><b>License</b></u>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
<u><b>URL</b></u>
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CUPS
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<font size="1">(GPL Release Only)</font>
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<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
2.8.0
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<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
CUPS raster format output
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
GPL Version 3
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
<a href="http://www.cups.org">http://www.cups.org/</a>
</td>
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<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
eXpat
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
2.0.1
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
XML parsing for XPS interpreter
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
MIT/eXpat License
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
<a href="http://expat.sourceforge.net/">http://expat.sourceforge.net/</a>
</td>
</tr>

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<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
FreeType
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
2.4.3
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
Font scaling and rendering for Ghostscript
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
FreeType License
<br>
<font size="1">(BSD-style license with a credit clause)</font>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
<a href="http://www.freetype.org/">http://www.freetype.org/</a>
</td>
</tr>

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<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
jbig2dec
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
0.11
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
JBIG2 decoding for the PDF interpreter
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
Licensed with Ghostscript/GhostPDL
<br>
<font size="1">(copyright owned by Artifex)</font>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
<a href="http://www.ghostscript.com/">http://www.ghostscript.com/</a>
</td>
</tr>

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<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
libjpeg
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
8.3
<br>
<font size="1">with patches</font>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
JPEG/DCT decoding/encoding
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
"Free"
<br>
<font size="1">Can be used in commercial applications without royalty, with acknowledgement.</font>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
<a href="http://www.ijg.org/">http://www.ijg.org/</a>
</td>
</tr>

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<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
LittleCMS 2
<br>
<font size="1">(lcms2)</font>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
2.03
<br>
<font size="1">with patches</font>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
ICC profile based color conversion and management
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
MIT LICENSE
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
<a href="http://www.littlecms.com/">http://www.littlecms.com/</a>
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
libpng
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
1.2.42
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
PNG image encoding/decoding.
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
libpng license
<br>
<font size="1">classified as "a permissive free software license"</font>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
<a href="http://www.libpng.org/">http://www.libpng.org/</a>
</td>
</tr>

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<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
OpenJPEG
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
1.4.0
<br>
<font size="1">with patches backported from OpenJPEG development tree</font>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
JPEG2000 image decoding for the PDF interpreter
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
BSD-style
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
<a href="http://www.openjpeg.org/">http://www.openjpeg.org/</a>
</td>
</tr>

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<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
libtiff
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
3.9.2
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
TIFF image encoding/decoding
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
BSD-style
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
<a href="http://www.remotesensing.org/libtiff/">http://www.remotesensing.org/libtiff/</a>
</td>
</tr>

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<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
zlib
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
1.2.3
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
(De)Flate compression.
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
zlib License
<br>
<font size="1">classified as "a permissive free software license"</font>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
<a href="http://www.zlib.net/">http://www.zlib.net/</a>
</td>
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<tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle">
<font size="2">The following are no-cost, open source licensed, but not GPL compatible</font>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle">
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle">
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle">
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle">
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jpegxr
<br>
<font size="1">(JPEG XR reference software)</font>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
1.8
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
HDPhoto/JPEG-XR image decoding for the XPS interpreter.
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
ITU/ISO/IEC "Free" Licence
<br>
<font size="1">Reference implementation</font>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
<a href="http://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-T.835">http://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-T.835</a>
</td>
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</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle">
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle">
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle">
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle">
<font size="2">The following are relevant to Artifex commercial releases only</font>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle">
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle">
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle">
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle">
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AGFA UFST
<br>
<font size="1">Optional</font>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
5.x/6.x
<br>
<font size="1">with patches</font>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
Access, scale and render AGFA MicroType fonts
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
Commercial
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
<a href="http://www.monotypeimaging.com/">http://www.monotypeimaging.com/</a>
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
Luratech LuraDocument JBIG2 C-SDK 
<br>
<font size="1">Included in commercial release</font>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
1.08
<br>
<font size="1">with patches</font>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
Replacement JBIG2 image decoder for the PDF interpreter
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
Commercial
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
<a href="http://www.luratech.com/">http://www.luratech.com/</a>
</td>
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<tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
Luratech LuraWave JP2 C-SDK
<br>
<font size="1">Included in commercial release</font>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
2.10
<br>
<font size="1">with patches</font>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
Replacement JPEG2000 image decoder for the PDF interpreter
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
Commercial
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle" height="60">
<a href="http://www.luratech.com/">http://www.luratech.com/</a>
</td>
</tr>

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<td align="center" valign="middle">
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle">
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<td align="center" valign="middle">
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle">
</td>
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<tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle">
<font size="1">The following are deprecated but still available for use</font>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle">
<font size="1">Support will be removed in a future release</font>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle">
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle">
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle">
</td>
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<tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle">
JasPer
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle">
1.701.0
<br>
<font size="1">(with patches, hence v1.701.0-gs5)</font>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle">
JPEG2000 image decoding for the PDF interpreter
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle">
JasPer License Version 2.0
<br>
<font size="1">based on MIT License</font>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle">
<a href="http://www.ece.uvic.ca/~frodo/jasper/">http://www.ece.uvic.ca/~frodo/jasper/</a>
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td align="center" valign="middle">
LittleCMS
<br>
<font size="1">(lcms2)</font>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle">
1.1.8
<br>
<font size="1">with patches</font>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle">
ICC profile base color conversion and management
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle">
MIT LICENSE
</td>
<td align="center" valign="middle">
<a href="http://www.littlecms.com/">http://www.littlecms.com/</a>
</td>
</tr>

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<small>Copyright &copy; 2005-2012 Artifex Software, Inc.
All rights reserved.</small>

<p>
This software is provided AS-IS with no warranty, either express or
implied.

This software is distributed under license and may not be copied, modified
or distributed except as expressly authorized under the terms of that
license.  Refer to licensing information at http://www.artifex.com/
or contact Artifex Software, Inc.,  7 Mt. Lassen Drive - Suite A-134,
San Rafael, CA  94903, U.S.A., +1(415)492-9861, for further information.

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<small>Ghostscript version 9.06, 8 August 2012

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