Ghostscript Commercial License Price
The leading edge of Ghostscript development is under the GNU Affero GPL license. Ghostscript releases can be downloaded here. We are studying a prospect of using Ghostscript in a commercial product (Windows desktop application). I read about sidestepping licensing GS altogether by simply.
I want to use GNU-GhostScript-9.06 commercially which is distributed under GNU-GPLV3 License. This License says that - GNU General Public License is intended to guarantee your freedom to share and change all versions of a program to make sure it remains free software for all its users. Our General Public Licenses are designed to make sure that you have the freedom to distribute copies of free software (and charge for them if you wish), that you receive source code or can get it if you want it, that you can change the software or use pieces of it in new free programs, and that you know you can do these things. In code files there is 'Copyright (C) 2001-2012 Artifex Software, Inc.' This software is distributed under license and may not be copied, modified or distributed except as expressly authorized under the terms of the license contained in the file LICENSE in this distribution.
I am using Java to develop my software, as in Java we defies native functions and, calls System.loadLibrary to load library at run time. So in build time there is no linking of Java code with Gnu-GPLv3 code.
In this case do I need to open Java code also? I can't offer legal advise, but the GPL is designed so you can use the program for whatever purpose you want, but if you give somebody a modified version of the program itself, you must give the full source (including all changes) to who gets the program. As long as you use the original, or keep any changes to yourself, you are in the clear. But check the, the license isn't just the plain GPL anymore. The 'link with a library' is a grey area, no court has defined if that creates a derivative work AFAIK. You should ask the owners of the code, perhaps even ask for a special permissin. Or make sure you just use the program unchanged, as designed.
Note that Ghostscript is a Postscript interpreter, I don't know if its output contains other stuff (such as fonts), would need to check that.
Artifex 'Inquiry' Thank you for expressing your interest in licensing Ghostscript or MuPDF and/or our screening technologies. We are the developers and owners of Ghostscript, MuPDF and the sole commercial licensors of ETS. We are not bound by GNU restrictions. We will require the following information about your business and the application(s) for which you'll be using our technologies. The completion and answers to every line item below will be required in order to prepare a formal licensing proposal. 1.) Briefly describe the product in which our technologies will be used. 2.) To what function will our technology be applied?
3.) What percentage of functionality of the overall product will our technology provide? 4.) Approximately how large is the overall product that will use Ghostscript or MuPDF (Mbytes)?
5.) How many (units) (seats) (sites) per year do you expect to sell that will contain Ghostscript or MuPDF? 6.) How many installed existing users do you expect to upgrade to Ghostscript or MuPDF? 7.) What is the approximate selling price of your product that will contain Ghostscript or MuPDF? 8.) We have Type 1 fonts for PostScript and PDF, and True Type fonts for PCL. Will you need pricing with or without fonts? 9.) On which platforms (operating system and CPU type) will your product containing Ghostscript or MuPDF? 10.) Which of our technologies are of interest to you?
GhostDocs: MS Office: MSWord (.doc,.docx) Excel (.xls,.xlsx) Powerpoint (.ppt,.pptx) PDF (.pdf) Images (.jpeg,.png,.gif) Text files (.txt). MuPDF PDF Interpreter.
GHOSTSCRIPT. PostScript Language Level 3 Interpreter.
PDF Interpreter (Acrobat Reader Compatible). PDF Writer (Acrobat Distiller Compatible). XPS.
PCL XL. PCL 5e. PCL 5c.
Ghostscript Commercial License
HP-GL/2. HP RTL. Even Tone Screening (error diffusion screen).
Dispersed Dot Stochastic Threshold Array. Ordered Dot Threshold array 11.) Please include your name, company name, address, telephone, fax and e-mail address. Please send this information to me at your convenience. When I receive it, I will send you a formal licensing proposal within 3 working days. If you have any other questions or concerns please contact me. Artifex, Ghostscript and MuPDF are trademarks of Artifex Software, Inc.
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