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| Author: | cycnus [ Sat Jul 07, 2007 1:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | License issue |
Hi, I noticed that PDFsharp uses Ghostscript to render PDF to image files. The issue is that Ghostscript is under the GPL and that using gs32dll.dll makes PDFsharp a derivative work, which requires it to also be GPLed. I think you should make that clear to developers using PDFsharp and you should dual-license it: your own license is fine if users don't use the functionalities that depend on Ghostscript, but in case they do, then your library would become licensed under the GPL. This I think should be made very clear, your users may run afoul of the GPL if they use PDFsharp and ghostscript in their non-GPL applications. I'm not a lawyer, so double check with a professional. |
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