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Ghostscript

PDF · C/C++

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Interpreter for PostScript and PDF that rasterises, converts and reprints documents, usable as a command-line tool or a C library.

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The archetypal AGPL trap in document pipelines: Artifex take the view that shipping Ghostscript inside your product makes the combination AGPL, and if users reach that product over a network they must be offered its source. Teams that cannot do that buy the commercial licence instead.Telebem editors

Details

Use case
PDF
Language
CC/C++ ecosystem
Licence
AGPL-3.0-or-laterCopyleft: Distributing it obliges you to release your source under the same terms.Artifex dual-licenses it: the AGPL for open projects, or a paid commercial licence for anyone who cannot publish their own source.
Activity
ActiveReleasing regularly
Package
Source build (distro packages, e.g. ghostscript on Debian, Ubuntu and Fedora)
Tags
pdf · postscript · rendering · conversion · printing

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