status of ghostscript

[Xose Vazquez Perez]

Xose Vazquez Perez wrote:

> And the main differences GPL vs. GNU are that GNU deletes all files from
> Resource/CMap/* because they are:
> 
> %%Copyright: -----------------------------------------------------------
> %%Copyright: Copyright 1990-1996 Adobe Systems Incorporated.
> %%Copyright: All Rights Reserved.
> %%Copyright:
> %%Copyright: Patents Pending
> %%Copyright:
> %%Copyright: NOTICE: All information contained herein is the property
> %%Copyright: of Adobe Systems Incorporated.
> %%Copyright:
> %%Copyright: Permission is granted for redistribution of this file
> %%Copyright: provided this copyright notice is maintained intact and
> %%Copyright: that the contents of this file are not altered in any
> %%Copyright: way from its original form.
> %%Copyright:
> %%Copyright: PostScript and Display PostScript are trademarks of
> %%Copyright: Adobe Systems Incorporated which may be registered in
> %%Copyright: certain jurisdictions.
> %%Copyright: -----------------------------------------------------------

I just saw that Fedora brings a patch (adobe-cmaps-200202.tar.gz) with the files
that are deleted from GNU ghostscript. So it's better to use GPL ghostscript
than GNU ghostscript.

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