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On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 10:09:32PM -0800, Vaibhav Niku wrote:
Hello all
pdf2ps, which is a frontend to gs, inserts a copyright notice in all PS files
it produces. I am using `GPL
On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 10:09:32PM -0800, Vaibhav Niku wrote:
pdf2ps, which is a frontend to gs, inserts a copyright notice in all PS files
it produces. I am using `GPL Ghostscript 8.71 (2010-02-10)'. Files look like
this:
%!PS-Adobe-3.0
...
%%Creator: GPL Ghostscript 871 (pswrite)
...
One solution to the problem is to get the source code, delete the lines which
insert the copyright notice (“modify the code”), compile the code, and use
this. This is legal as the code is released under GPL and GPL allows
modifications. (You could release your modifications too. This is how
Hello Vaibhav,
Vaibhav Niku vaibhav_n...@yahoo.com wrote:
Hello all
pdf2ps, which is a frontend to gs, inserts a copyright notice in all PS files
it produces. I am using `GPL Ghostscript 8.71 (2010-02-10)'. Files look like
this:
%!PS-Adobe-3.0
...
%%Creator: GPL Ghostscript 871
Claudius writes:
Furthermore note that even though Artifex Software holds the copyright
to parts of this file, it may well allow you to do whatever you want
with your files.
It does. You just can't prevent anyone from making copies of the prolog
(oversimplified). The copyright on the rest of
Hello Claudius
I am not convinced that the notice is harmless. At any rate, since the GS code
is released as GPL, I am well within my rights to alter it as I suggested.
(But, IANAL.)
Note that in some jurisdictions, not even
such a notice is necessary in order to hold the copyright, nor does
Filed a bug-report:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=696539
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Hello Vaibhav,
please fix your mail client. It currently breaks threading (no In-Reply-To:
or References: header), CC’s people for no good reason (I am subscribed to
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break lines sensibly (at about 80 characters).
Vaibhav
On Sb, 22 dec 12, 16:35:45, Claudius Hubig wrote:
The Mozilla foundation granted him the rights as set out in the
license, and only these allow him to use the software. Last time I
checked, this EULA was simply a reiteration of the license (i.e.
Mozilla Public License) and some hints at the
Hello Claudius
Firefox is free software and you are free to modify it, either
before or after you install it. I chose to modify it before I
installed it. I modified it by removing the EULA. So there is no
EULA, no agreement between me and the Mozilla Corporation, no
contract. Just
Vaibhav Niku writes:
And 'Artifax Software, Inc' grants me the rights as set out in the
GPL. GPL allows me to make any modifications I see fit, and _use_ the
resulting software. I may choose to remove the lines which insert the
copyright notice in all PS files.
Use, yes. However, if you
Hello Vaibhav,
Vaibhav Niku vaibhav_n...@yahoo.com wrote:
And 'Artifax Software, Inc' grants me the rights as set out in the GPL. GPL
allows me to make any modifications I see fit, and _use_ the resulting
software. I may choose to remove the lines which insert the copyright
notice in all PS
Hello all
pdf2ps, which is a frontend to gs, inserts a copyright notice in all PS files
it produces. I am using `GPL Ghostscript 8.71 (2010-02-10)'. Files look like
this:
%!PS-Adobe-3.0
...
%%Creator: GPL Ghostscript 871 (pswrite)
...
%%BeginProlog
% This copyright applies to everything
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