[Nix-dev] Ghostscript versions.

Lluís Batlle i Rossell viric at viric.name
Fri Mar 9 16:00:21 CET 2012


On Fri, Mar 09, 2012 at 03:30:55PM +0100, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> Lluís Batlle i Rossell <viric at viric.name> skribis:
> 
> > On Thu, Mar 08, 2012 at 11:37:55PM +0100, Lluís Batlle i Rossell wrote:
> >> We still have in nixpkgs GNU Ghostscript by default, instead of GPL Ghostscript.
> >> 
> >> For what people at #ghostscript (ghostscript.com) told me, Artifex releases
> >> GPL Ghostscript. Then, with delay, GNU people take that code, removes all
> >> references to Artifex, and releases the same under the name GNU Ghostscript (our
> >> default, and always lagging behind GPL ghostscript).
> >
> > They remove references to Artifex providing also a commercial licence, iiuc.
> 
> Yes, and you would probably get a different (and more accurate) answer
> by asking bug-ghostscript at gnu.org.

Right, I have biased information! :) 'bug', though? 

Do you have information about this, or you simply invite me to ask bug-ghostscript?

Regards,
Lluís.


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