Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!image.soe.clarkson.edu!news From: nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: GhostScript Message-ID: Date: 19 Sep 89 04:22:08 GMT References: <945.2514938A@busker.FIDONET.ORG> <11903@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> Sender: news@sun.soe.clarkson.edu Reply-To: nelson@clutx.clarkson.edu Organization: Clarkson University, Potsdam NY Lines: 69 In-reply-to: JLI@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu's message of 18 Sep 89 23:47:13 GMT In article <11903@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> JLI@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes: In article <945.2514938A@busker.FIDONET.ORG>, Howard.Spindel@p8.f14.n105.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Howard Spindel) writes: > Someone posted a short description of a program named > GhostScript, which seems to be a (maybe) public domain > version of PostScript. Does anyone know: > 1. What restrictions exist on using this software in a > commercial product? > 2. How do I get a copy? I don't have direct Usenet > access so suggesting I ftp from somewhere doesn't > help. Sorry, it is a commercial product by LaserGo, Inc. No, GoScript is the commercial product. GhostScript is the Free Software Foundation's mostly-PostScript clone. There are no restrictions on using this software in a commercial product. The only gotcha is that you have to distribute source, and you can't prohibit *other* people from distributing it. If your commercial program wants to merely spawn GhostScript as a PostScript previewer, you're home free. It's on grape: The semi-official c.b.i.p archives are on grape.ecs.clarkson.edu which is a Zenith Z-248 running a modified version of KA9Q's TCP/IP NET that allows you to shell out to DOS while still processing packets. After shelling to DOS, we run an Opus BBS. The particulars: FTP: grape.ecs.clarkson.edu [128.153.13.196], user anonymous, password guest. Look in 00readme for timely information. Look in /d/general/cuhug.lst for a listing of files w/ descriptions. Look in /c/allfiles for listings of all files. Look in /c/bin[0123]/*.* for c.b.i.p postings [under renovation] Look in /e/bin4/*.* for c.b.i.p postings [under renovation] Look in /d/graphics/pa.arc for Painter's Apprentice Look in /d/dosutil/postprn.arc for the PostScript device driver Look in /e/freemacs/*.* for Freemacs Look in /g/gif/*.gif for .GIF images. Look in /f/games/*.* for Simtel20's games. Opus: 260/360 in the Nodelist. (315)268-6667, 8N1, 1200/2400 Baud, 24 hours. Look in file area 7 for PostPrn. Look in file area 12 for Painter's Apprentice Look in file area 23 for Simtel20's games. Look in file area 25 for Freemacs Look in file area 26,28,29,30 for c.b.i.p postings. Look in file area 27 for .GIF images. Submitting files to grape by FTP: You can just put the file where you believe it belongs. Note that you cannot overwrite files, so if you want to update something, you need to change the name. Send mail to root if you need to delete or overwrite a file. To help us keep the 'files.bbs' up to date, we need a .DSC file. This file should have its first line be a one-line description less than 40 characters in length. The rest of the file (no more than ten lines) can be a more verbose description. Either put the file in the arc, or else in the same subdir as the arc. This archive system is brought to you by the students of Clarkson University. The Clarkson computer club, CUHUG, maintains this FTP site and BBS. Mail questions to root@grape.ecs.clarkson.edu -- --russ (nelson@clutx [.bitnet | .clarkson.edu]) Live up to the light thou hast, and more will be granted thee.