The problem is that we would probably need to write some code that interfaces directly with FreeHEP's PostScript interpreter. This is a thing we can't do licence-wise. If there was an Apache-compatible general API in between that frees us from directly importing org.freehep.postscript.* we would have a different situation.
One other possibility, of course, is to talk to the FreeHEP people and ask them to licence the PS interpreter under an Apache-compatible licence. Another would to be to finally get the FSF to publicly describe the impact of the (L)GPL license on the Java programming language. Finally, the integration code could also be hosted somewhere at SourceForge, for example, but this whole mix of licences makes it very hard to use FOP in a commercial environment if you need this functionality. Having all this under a BSD/Apache-style licence would make things more comfortable. On 11.07.2004 05:38:48 Chris Pratt wrote: > How about just delivering a link to FreeHEP and requiring the end user to > download FreeHEP if they need that support and are willing to agree to the > license? > (*Chris*) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeremias Maerki [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 2:34 pm > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: PDF->PS->PDF with EPS > > Hehe, I'm dreaming about that, too. Means we need a PostScript > interpreter. FreeHEP has a PS interpreter but it is distributed under > the LGPL which makes virtually impossible for us to use. > > Any students out there looking for a nice little project? How about > writing a PostScript interpreter? :-) > > Without that interpreter there's no way we can get EPS files to display > in Acrobat Reader. Work-arounds involve external programs that convert > EPS to SVG, for example. > > On 09.07.2004 19:57:55 Wouter de Vaal wrote: > > (but I even hope more that in FOP 1.0 the eps's will > > allways show op in acrobat programs ;-). Jeremias Maerki --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
