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[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 02:57:12PM -0400, Wally Turnbull wrote:
> I had to check with the programmer who did the work to get more details.  I
> though the code was covered by the GNU GPL but it turns out that it was not
> directly based on a GNU project.  It was based on Artifex Software's
> GhostPCL (an offshoot of ghostscript) which is covered by the Aladdin Free
> Public License similar but not identical to GPL.
> 
> The problem with distribution as it has been explained to me is that the
> AFPL requires a changed program to include the name and email address of the
> person who made the changes.  Our programmer felt that he could not provide
> support to those who might receive distributed copies so we are constrained.

It might be worth the time to re-check that license; much of the old
AFPL licensed code has been re-released under the GPL.

IANAL, but if you based your work on a version which was later
relicensed under the GPL, I believe you can then legally distribute
under that license's terms.

Cheers,
-- jra
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