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This file, commprod.txt, sets forth the conditions under which Ghostscript
may be distributed in a commercial context: under a written license from
Artifex Software Inc., Aladdin Enterprises' exclusive commercial licensing
partner, or under certain other very limited conditions.
Miles Jones
Director of Marketing
Artifex Software Inc.
454 Las Gallinas Ave., suite 108
San Rafael, CA 94903 U.S.A.
voice +1-415-492-9861
fax +1-415-492-9862
e-mail: info@arsoft.com
If you have any questions about any of the information in this document,
please contact:
Aladdin Enterprises
203 Santa Margarita Ave.
Menlo Park, CA 94025 U.S.A.
voice +1-650-322-0103 (8:30 AM - noon, Monday - Friday)
fax +1-650-322-1734
e-mail: ghost@aladdin.com
For those unfamiliar with the GPL, we now summarize its provisions. The
full GPL is included under the name COPYING in the fileset that comprises
GNU Ghostscript, and can also be obtained from:
Free Software Foundation, Inc. (FSF)
59 Temple Place - Suite 330
Boston, MA 02111-1307
U.S.A.
tel. +1-617-542-5942
fax (including Japan): +1-617-542-2652
e-mail gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu
Free Dial Fax (in Japan): 0031-13-2473 (KDD)
0066-3382-0158 (IDC)
In case of doubt or conflict, the contents of the COPYING file or the
document obtained from the FSF, not this summary, are authoritative.
1. Anyone may copy and distribute GNU Ghostscript (both source and
object code), but they must distribute the source code as well as the
object code (or, if they distribute only the object code, they must
include an offer in writing to provide the source code at no more than
reproduction cost), keep all copyright and other notices, and include the
GPL with the copies. (Note that this allows anyone receiving such a copy
to distribute it freely as well.)
Regarding this last point, the GPL clearly intends that if the distributor
only offers to provide the GNU Ghostscript source code (as opposed to
actually distributing the source code with every copy of the application),
then they must deliver the source code in a timely way to anyone
requesting it.
The GPL makes it clear that if someone receives GNU Ghostscript only in
its GPL-licensed form, they only have a right to distribute it if they
comply with the GPL. Aladdin Enterprises, as the copyright holder, takes
this requirement very seriously, and will, if necessary, take legal action
to ensure that anyone distributing GNU Ghostscript with the GPL complies
with the conditions set forth above.