Looking for the rpm of pstill

[Andy Green]

Paul Smith wrote:
> On 4/8/06, Andy Green <andy at warmcat.com> wrote:
>>> Does somebody know of some site where from one could download a rpm of pstill?
>> Seems to be shareware.  Will ps2pdf not do?
> 
> Now, ps2pdf works fine, Andy. However, pstill produces pdf files with
> higher quality. I have just tried it and I can confirm that with a
> same ps file.

Fair enough.  Just from interest what direction is the 'quality' issue 
with ps2pdf coming from?  Fonts?

The Linux version of pstill (it's a binary) has some unclear conditions 
for packaging.

     24 2. Distribution and usage is subject to the following conditions
      25
      26 You are allowed to put the pstill package on a public ftp 
server or CDROM
      27 provided that the package is unchanged and not downloading fee 
is charged.
      28
      29 You are not allowed to distribute PStill together with a 
license key
      30 except by written license agreement.
      31
      32 You are not allowed to distribute PStill without this COPYRIGHT 
file.
      33
      34 PStill must not be bundled with any other program/product 
without written
      35 consent of the author, Frank Siegert
      36
      37 An unlicensed PStill must not be used in any commercial 
environment.
      38
      39 You must keep the PStill license key secret.
      40
      41 You are alone responsible for any copyright violations the 
inclusion of fonts
      42 in generated pdf files might inflict. please read your font 
license agreement
      43 before distributing such pdfs files.

I think the author can package it himself if he likes.

-Andy
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