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[ghostscript-libre] Ghostscript does not contain nonfree files anymore

Anonymous - about 10 years ago - . Updated about 10 years ago.

Status:
fixed
Priority:
freedom issue
Assignee:
-
% Done:

100%


Description

To
my knowledge, ghostscript does not contain non free files anymore.
Difference between ghostscript from Arch repos and ghostscript-libre
is only one file:
"/usr/share/ghostscript/9.10/Resource/CMap/Identity-UTF16-H", for which I
also think is free. Header of this file says:

% Copyright (C) 2003 Artifex Software.  All rights reserved.
%
% 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.
...

So I've checked the ghostscript LICENSE file and found this:

The files in the Resource directory and any subdirectories thereof
are also part of GPL Ghostscript, with the explicit exception of
the files in the CMap subdirectory (except "Identity-UTF16-H",
which is part of GPL Ghostscript). The CMap files are copyright
Adobe Systems Incorporated and covered by a separate, Affero GPL
compatible license.

From what I see here, ghostscript is free, and there is no need for
ghostscript-libre.

History

#1

Updated by Anonymous about 10 years ago

  • Assignee set to Anonymous
  • Description updated (diff)
  • Status changed from open to fixed
  • % Done changed from 0 to 100

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