Then there's no problem. GhostScript is a separate product. Though, your app requires GhostScript to run. Tapos ang kaso.
Pero you have to remember to put the user's convenience into perspective also. Since your product needs GhostScript to use your product properly, then murag mas ma-appreciate sa imong users if you provide a version of GS that has been tested to work well with your app. But that is entirely optional. For all we know, you can just put a notice somewhere along the installation workflow and inform the user na "This product needs GhostScript to work properly. You may download GhostScript at <location of GhostScript download>. " or something to that extent. Simple ra man ang need sa GPL. 1. If you use a GPL source code, then your app must be under GPL. 2. Distribute your GPLed product along with source code, or provide a location where the source code can be obtained. On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 8:27 PM, Jason Yap <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes ingana ang process sa tool. What if Sir hardwyrd, what I will do kay > butangan ra nako siya og textbox sa GUI. Didto ibutang sa user ang > installation path sa Ghostscript. But I won't bundle anything from > Ghostscript. The user will need to download Ghostscript from it's webpage > and install it. Pero tawagon gihapon nako ang executable sa bin folder > niya. > Thanks. > > On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 8:19 PM, hard wyrd <[email protected]> wrote: > >> As I understood your requirement (correct me if I'm wrong :), ang imong >> app mo-execute lang sa Ghostscript. In essence, you app just passes some >> parameters that will allow Ghostscript to generate "something". I dont see >> anything wrong with it, as far as GPL is concerned. You did not incorporate >> _any_ GPL code, either from Ghostscript itself or from some other opensource >> project. >> >> Though, since you plan on bundling Ghostscript with your product, make >> sure that you have avenues to allow users to get to the Ghostscript source. >> You can either: >> >> 1. bundle Ghostscript and Ghostscript's source code. Specially if your app >> runs on Linux, it's in earnest to provide the GS source that works properly >> _with_ your app. You can call it "this app works well with this version of >> the GS source". >> >> 2. point the users where they can get to the GS source - either >> referencing to the GS site or project page (SourceForge?) >> >> 3. Provide a portion of _your app's source code_ that shows how you called >> GhostScript, or its API. This is optional though. >> >> Word of caution. Don't rely on the above, since these are my opinions. The >> most prudent is to study the GPL itself, so that you can also decide on >> which GPL version you're going to use. Remember, GPLv2 is more liberal than >> GPLv3. There are also other opensource licenses out there. But if your app >> won't become opensource anyway, why bother? Just make sure that you did not >> _reuse_ source code from other opensource projects. >> >> >> On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 8:06 PM, Jason Yap <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Ang first plan man gud nako unta kay tapad ra ang executable open source >>> file with the proprietary tool. Unya sa code nako, tawagon ra nako ang open >>> source file. Ingana unta akong ganahan. Wala sad ko kaayo kasabot sa mga >>> terms sa gagamiton sa GNU GPL license hehe. >>> >>> If ingani akong buhaton, am I violating GNU GPL license? >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 7:30 PM, hard wyrd <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> If you did not incorporate opensource code into your project, you dont >>>> have to release your project as opensource. >>>> >>>> However, if you _DISTRIBUTE_ your project _along_ with an opensource >>>> product, you need to provide the source code _for the opensource product_ >>>> and retain the credits of the original developers_ of the opensource >>>> product_ you bundled with your proprietary product. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 5:26 PM, Jason Yap <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi List. >>>>> Mangutana unta ko about GNU GPL. >>>>> >>>>> Naa miy software diri and gusto pud nako mugamit og open source na >>>>> software. Bale tawagon sa among software ang open source na software. It >>>>> will be release commercially after the project. Naa ba koy ma violate na >>>>> mga >>>>> licenses if ever i-turn over na namo sa customer? 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