Re: Failure to detect pswrite and epswrite Ghostscript devices

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On Sun, Nov 1, 2015 at 8:46 PM, Bob Friesenhahn <
[email protected]> wrote:

>
> What version of Ghostscript are you using?  Is it a commercial,
> Artifex AFPL, AGPL, or a GNU (GPL) version?
>

I downloaded "Ghostscript 9.18 for Windows (32 bit)"
GNU Affero General Public License  version at
http://www.ghostscript.com/download/gsdnld.html
because that is what turned up when I Googled.


>
> The licensing terms for AGPL Ghostscript seem to be rather draconian:
> "http://www.artifex.com/page/licensing-information.html".
>
> The Artifex GPL and AGPL license (as stated) is not strictly the GPL
> or AGPL license since those licenses do not require that all of the
> rest of the source code of the whole program (including the program
> which ran it) be GPL (and then AGPL) licensed.  GPL and AGPL only
> requires that the source be distributed and that its license be
> compatible with the GPL or AGPL license.
>
>
I can't make head nor tail of these open source licences. For what it's
worth
I am not distributing anything. I compiled it myself just because it is
my custom to compile open source software myself if it can be done with
MinGW and the package is not very large (e.g. MiKTeX). Also, I wanted to
be sure that if I had a need to use the C++ library it would be compatible
with MinGW.

Are you saying that if I *did* build an application that depended on,
for example, libGraphicsMagick-3.dll (with the Ghostscript library option
enabled, whichit isnot in my case), I would have to distribute the source of
my application because Ghostscript infected GraphicsMagick which in turn
infected my application, and the way to avoid this would be to use GNU
Ghostscript (downloaded from a GNU mirror site)?

Regards,
Test User.

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><br><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quo=
te">On Sun, Nov 1, 2015 at 8:46 PM, Bob Friesenhahn <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<=
a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">bfriesen@s=
imple.dallas.tx.us</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quot=
e" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204)=
;padding-left:1ex"><br>
What version of Ghostscript are you using?=C2=A0 Is it a commercial,<br>
Artifex AFPL, AGPL, or a GNU (GPL) version?<br></blockquote><div><br></div>=
<div>I downloaded &quot;Ghostscript 9.18 for Windows (32 bit)&quot; <br>GNU=
 Affero General Public License=C2=A0 version at <br><a href=3D"http://www.g=
hostscript.com/download/gsdnld.html">http://www.ghostscript.com/download/gs=
dnld.html</a><br></div><div>because that is what turned up when I Googled.<=
br>=C2=A0<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0p=
x 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<br>
The licensing terms for AGPL Ghostscript seem to be rather draconian:<br>
&quot;<a href=3D"http://www.artifex.com/page/licensing-information.html" re=
l=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">http://www.artifex.com/page/licensing-in=
formation.html</a>&quot;.<br>
<br>
The Artifex GPL and AGPL license (as stated) is not strictly the GPL<br>
or AGPL license since those licenses do not require that all of the<br>
rest of the source code of the whole program (including the program<br>
which ran it) be GPL (and then AGPL) licensed.=C2=A0 GPL and AGPL only<br>
requires that the source be distributed and that its license be<br>
compatible with the GPL or AGPL license.<br>
<br></blockquote></div><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra">I can&#39;t mak=
e head nor tail of these open source licences. For what it&#39;s worth<br><=
/div><div class=3D"gmail_extra">I am not distributing anything. I compiled =
it myself just because it is <br></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra">my custom=
 to compile open source software myself if it can be done with<br></div><di=
v class=3D"gmail_extra">MinGW and the package is not very large (e.g. MiKTe=
X). Also, I wanted to<br></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra">be sure that if I=
 had a need to use the C++ library it would be compatible<br></div><div cla=
ss=3D"gmail_extra">with MinGW.<br></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br></di=
v><div class=3D"gmail_extra">Are you saying that if I *did* build an applic=
ation that depended on,<br></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra">for example, li=
bGraphicsMagick-3.dll (with the Ghostscript library option<br>enabled, whic=
hit isnot in my case), I would have to distribute the source of<br>my appli=
cation because Ghostscript infected GraphicsMagick which in turn<br>infecte=
d my application, and the way to avoid this would be to use GNU<br>Ghostscr=
ipt (downloaded from a GNU mirror site)?<br><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_e=
xtra">Regards,<br></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra">Test User.<br><br></div>=
</div>

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