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From: mcdonald@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: GhostScript
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Date: 19 Sep 89 14:16:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uxe.cso.uiuc.edu!mcdonald    Sep 19 09:16:00 1989


>> 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?
Quite a few - it is just like gnu things.

>Sorry, it is a commercial product by LaserGo, Inc. You can find their
>Ads. in most computer magazines (such as PC magazine, etc.).

GoScript is commercial (it outputs to a file or printer)
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Ghostscript is not commercial (and free) - it outputs to the screen
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(or could be hacked to output to a file, as it comes in source code).

They are entirely different.

Doug MCDonald