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These versions were labelled "AFPL Ghostsript" or -just "Ghostscript", and were governed by the Aladdin Free Public License. -</p> - -<p> -The full AGPL is included under the name -<code>COPYING</code> in the GPL Ghostscript fileset, and -can also be obtained directly from the Free Software Foundation:</p> - -<blockquote><address><a name="FSF_address"></a> -Free Software Foundation, Inc. (FSF)<br> -59 Temple Place, Suite 330<br> -Boston, MA 02111-1307 U.S.A.<br> -+1-617-542-5942 telephone<br> -+1-617-542-2652 fax (including Japan):<br> -<a href="mailto:gnu@gnu.org">gnu@gnu.org</a><br> -<a href="http://www.gnu.org/">http://www.gnu.org/</a> -</address></blockquote> - -<p> -The AGPL gotten directly from the FSF or the contents of the -<code>COPYING</code> file are authoritative, but for those -unfamiliar with the AGPL, we now summarize its provisions.</p> - -<p>1. Anyone may copy and distribute GPL Ghostscript (both source -and object code), but they must distribute the source code as well as -the object code (or, if they distribute only the object code, they must -include an offer in writing to provide the source code at no more than -reproduction cost), keep all copyright and other notices, and include the -AGPL with the copies. (Note that this allows anyone receiving such a copy -to distribute it freely as well.)</p> - -<p>2. Anyone may modify GPL Ghostscript, but the provisions of (1) -apply to modified or derived works as well.</p> - -<p> -Provision (2) effectively prevents the development of proprietary commercial -products that incorporate GPL Ghostscript without a commercial license -as a part, since these are "derived works" in the legal sense.</p> - -<p><strong> IF YOUR ENTIRE APPLICATION IS LICENSED TO THE PUBLIC -UNDER EITHER -THE AFPL OR THE GNU AGPL, YOU CAN DISTRIBUTE AFPL GHOSTSCRIPT OR GNU -GHOSTSCRIPT, RESPECTIVELY, WITH YOUR APPLICATION WITHOUT A COMMERCIAL -LICENSE . . .</strong></p> - -<p> If your application, including all of its source code, is -licensed -to the public under the GNU AGPL, you are authorized to ship -GPL Ghostscript with your application -under the terms of those license agreements. You do not need a -commercial license from Artifex. The terms of the GNU AGPL -include the requirement that your application be licensed as a whole at -no charge to all third parties. Moreover, the entire application must be -licensed to the public under the GNU AGPL or AFPL respectively.</p> - -<p> IF YOUR APPLICATION IS NOT LICENSED TO THE PUBLIC UNDER -THE GNU AGPL AND YOU PLAN TO DISTRIBUTE GHOSTSCRIPT SOFTWARE. . .</p> - -<p> If your application (including its source code) is not licensed -to the public under the GNU AGPL, you are not authorized to ship -GPL Ghostscript with your application under the terms of the GNU AGPL -if any one of the following is true:</p> - -<ul> -<li> your application contains a copy of some or all of GPL -Ghostscript;</li> -<li> your application is derived from, is based on, or constitutes a -revision of some or all of AGPL or Ghostscript;</li> -<li> your application includes one or more functions that use some or -all of AGPL or Ghostscript.</li> -</ul> - -<p> - These criteria apply to your application as a whole. Even if only -one section of your application satisfies one of these criteria, you are -not authorized to ship GPL Ghostscript with your application -unless your application, including all of its source code, is licensed -to the public under the GNU AGPL.</p> - -<p> - If your application (including its source code) is NOT licensed to -the public under the GNU AGPL and you intend to distribute -Ghostscript (either internally or externally) for use with and usable by -your application, you MUST first obtain a commercial license from -Artifex.</p> -<hr> -<h2><a name="examples"></a>Examples of Distribution</h2> - -<p> - Some examples of distribution requiring a commercial license -include:</p> -<p> - 1. Distributing Ghostscript (or any component thereof) within your -non-GNU AGPL application.</p> -<p> - 2. Distributing Ghostscript on the same media with your -non-GNU AGPL application for use with and by your application.</p> -<p> - 3. Distributing Ghostscript embedded within hardware.</p> - - - -<p> -Questions have arisen at times in particular cases regarding provision (3) -as to whether GPL Ghostscript is "aggregated" with other parts of a -commercial product, or whether the product has become a "derived work." -Normally, combining GPL Ghostscript with another piece of software -creates -a "derived work"; we consider GPL Ghostscript to be "aggregated" with -another piece of software, which we will refer to as "the application", -only if all of the following conditions are met:</p> - -<ul> -<li> The code and documentation for GPL Ghostscript are physically -separated from the code and documentation for the application. For -electronic form, it is both necessary and sufficient to put the GNU -Ghostscript code and documentation in their own directory tree(s).</li> - -<li> GPL Ghostscript, as delivered with the application, is usable -independently of the application. More precisely, if a user deletes from -the computer system all files delivered with the application except those -in the GPL Ghostscript directories, the user will still be able to use -GPL Ghostscript as described in GPL Ghostscript's documentation. Among -other things, this requires that GPL Ghostscript not call any routines -in the application, and not require any data or other files supplied as -part of the application.</li> - -<li> The application calls GPL Ghostscript in a way that allows an -ordinary user to substitute another program for GPL Ghostscript. -(Typically this requires use of a shell script or batch file, or a -system call like "<code>exec</code>".) More precisely, if the user -deletes from the computer system all the files in the GPL Ghostscript -directories, and replaces the GPL Ghostscript executable with another -program with the same name and conforming to the same documentation, the -application will continue to work with it. One implication of this is -that the GPL Ghostscript documentation must specify all properties of -GPL Ghostscript on which the application relies; for example, if GPL -Ghostscript has been modified by the addition of command line switches -or language elements such as new operators, the documentation must -describe any such additions that the application uses.</li> - -<li> The conditions of the GNU AGPL are met with respect to GPL Ghostscript, -including the requirement for propagation of the AGPL and the requirement -for delivering (or an offer to deliver) source code.</li> -</ul> - -<p> -Regarding this last point, the AGPL clearly intends that if the distributor -only offers to provide the GPL Ghostscript source code (as opposed to -actually distributing the source code with every copy of the application), -then they must deliver the source code in a timely way to anyone -requesting it.</p> - -<p> -The AGPL makes it clear that if someone receives GPL Ghostscript only in -its AGPL-licensed form, they only have a right to distribute it if they -comply with the AGPL. Artifex Software, Inc., as the copyright holder, -takes this requirement very seriously, and will, if necessary, take -legal action to ensure that anyone distributing GPL Ghostscript with the -AGPL complies with the conditions set forth above.</p> - -<!-- [2.0 end contents] ==================================================== --> - -<!-- [3.0 begin visible trailer] =========================================== --> -<hr> - -<p> -<small>Copyright © 2000-2021 Artifex Software, Inc. All rights -reserved.</small></p> - -<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 the license contained in the file LICENSE in this distribution. 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