On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 10:32 AM, Kimball Larsen <[email protected]> wrote: > I've got a question about the legal use of some software licensed under the > GPL in conjunction with commercial software I'm writing. In particular, I'd > like to allow my commercial software installer to install a full copy of > GhostScript, then have my commercial software make a command-line call to the > installation of GhostScript to convert a PDF to a JPG. > > If you are to believe the Artifex website (owners of GhostScript) this is not > allowed. > > If you are to believe the GPL website, this is allowed. > > Anyone have some experience or knowledge on this topic?
No direct experience, but it is allowed, and you must provide a channel for the end-user to obtain the full sources of GhostScript, and place no additional limitations of the user's use/development/sharing of the GhostScript distributed with your own software. --lonnie /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
