(OT) Open source PCL to PDF converters?

Jay R. Ashworth jra at baylink.com
Mon Mar 12 11:09:39 PST 2007


On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 12:13:45AM -0400, Fairlight wrote:
> I was looking at GhostScript and friends for Bill earlier tonight.  The
> license is dual.  Aladdin license or GPL, depending which version you're
> using.  Looks like a delayed tree...GNU inherits their old versions from
> the company doing the current versions when they bump it up.  That's what I
> took away from the reading I did tonight.

GPL used to lag AFPL by a release, but the reading *I* did a week or so back
suggests that's no longer true.  The websitely-ness of the project is
supremely messy and confusing...

Yes, AFPL has some restrictions that GPL doesn't.

Cheers,
-- jra
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