PWG> FW: [Desktop_printing] Ghostscript leading edge is now GPL!

From: McDonald, Ira (imcdonald@sharplabs.com)
Date: Sun Jun 18 2006 - 15:16:59 EDT

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    Hi,
     
    Thanks to Waldo Bastian (Intel/OSDL) for passing on this important
    news for the Linux and UNIX open printing environment!
     
    The Artifex Ghostscript versus CUPS ESP Ghostscript fork has been
    a difficulty for better open printing support for some time - perhaps
    these forks can now be harmonized.
     
    Please take a few moments to read Raph's posting referenced in
    Waldo's note below.
     
    Cheers,
    - Ira
     

    Ira McDonald (Musician / Software Architect)
    Blue Roof Music / High North Inc
    PO Box 221 Grand Marais, MI 49839
    phone: +1-906-494-2434
    email: imcdonald@sharplabs.com

    -----Original Message-----
    From: desktop_printing-bounces@lists.osdl.org
    [mailto:desktop_printing-bounces@lists.osdl.org]On Behalf Of Bastian, Waldo
    Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2006 3:46 AM
    To: desktop_printing@osdl.org
    Subject: [Desktop_printing] Ghostscript leading edge is now GPL!

    Some nice news on the ghostscript front. Ghostscript used to have a staged
    release process where new releases where first released under the AFPL and
    only after a year under the GPL. This approach led to a fork by people who
    needed to get patches in the GPL version. It's great to see that this has
    been resolved.

    See HYPERLINK
    "http://advogato.org/person/raph/diary.html?start=411"http://advogato.org/pe
    rson/raph/diary.html?start=411

    Waldo Bastian

    Linux Client Architect - Client Linux Foundation Technology

    Channel Platform Solutions Group

    Intel Corporation - HYPERLINK
    "http://www.intel.com/go/linux"http://www.intel.com/go/linux

    OSDL DTL Tech Board Chairman 

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