Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!bywater!arnor!uri From: uri@arnor.UUCP (Uri Blumenthal) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: GhostScript Message-ID: <403@arnor.UUCP> Date: 20 Sep 89 17:56:37 GMT References: <11903@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> Organization: IBM Corp., Yorktown NY Lines: 46 From article <11903@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>, by JLI@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu: > In <>, 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. You can find their > Ads. in most computer magazines (such as PC magazine, etc.). Sorry - the answer is a total bullsh*t. LaserGo may claim ownership to GoScript, but _not_ to GhostScript, which is "copylefted" (or copyrighted, if you wish) by Free Spftware Foundation (FSF). 1. Restrictions applied are _COPYLEFT_, defined by Free Software Foundation. In couple of words (to the best of my knowledge - I'm not a lawyer!) it means that you can use the product for whatever you want. But if you include even a part of their source _in_ your product - you have to distribute your source free also. You are not supposed to sell FSF software, nor your software which is the copy/modification of FSF software. 2. If you can't FTP it, and nobody can FTP it for you - then you better call FSF at (617) 876-3296, ask for the latest GNU Bulletin, and there you find all the info about how to order FSF products on tapes, cartridges or (if it's released yet) floppies. The software is free, media and copiing is not. So be ready to pay like $150. for the GNU Tape, which consists of lots of goodies. Free Software Foundation, Inc. phone: (617) 876-3296 675 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139 USA e-mail: gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu ------------------ I have neither deal nor profit with/from FSF. All the opinions are mine, not yours.