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{{Entry
 
{{Entry
 
|Name=GNU Ghostscript
 
|Name=GNU Ghostscript
|Short description=Interpreter for the Postscript and PDF graphics languages
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|Short description=PostScript and PDF interpreter
|Full description='''Ghostscript''' is an an interpreter for the Postscript language and the Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF), a set of C procedures (the Ghostscript lib) that implements the graphics capabilities that appear as primitive operations in the Postscript language and in PDF, and a set of utility programs that include the ability to convert PostScript to PDF. Currently it supports PostScript level 3 and PDF versions 1.0 through 1.6.
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|Full description='''Ghostscript''' is an interpreter for the PostScript language and the PDF file format. It also includes a C library that implements the graphics capabilities of the PostScript language. It supports a wide variety of output file formats and printers.
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This package is the GNU version of the [[GPL Ghostscript|Artifex Ghostscript]].
 
|Homepage URL=http://gnu.org/software/ghostscript
 
|Homepage URL=http://gnu.org/software/ghostscript
|User level=none
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|User level=intermediate
 
|VCS checkout command=git clone git://git.savannah.gnu.org/ghostscript.git
 
|VCS checkout command=git clone git://git.savannah.gnu.org/ghostscript.git
 
|Computer languages=C
 
|Computer languages=C
|Documentation note=User and Developer documentation is available from http://www.ghostscript.com/doc/current/
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|Documentation note=An introduction to GNU Ghostscript is available at: https://www.gnu.org/software/ghostscript/intro.html
|Related projects=a2ps,apsfilter,Enscript,fontutils,Ghostview,Gimp-print,hp2xx,Lahelper,Ted,Tipograf
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A graphical user interface to the Ghostscript interpreter is provided by the [[GNU GV]] package.
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|Related projects=a2ps,apsfilter,Enscript,fontutils,gv,Gimp-print,hp2xx,Lahelper,Ted,Tipograf
 
|Keywords=graphics,pdf,PostScript,printing,ghostscript,Ghostview,GNU ghostscript
 
|Keywords=graphics,pdf,PostScript,printing,ghostscript,Ghostview,GNU ghostscript
|Version identifier=9.14.0
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|Version identifier=9.14.1
|Version date=2014/12/04
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|Version date=2016/11/06
 
|Version status=stable
 
|Version status=stable
 
|Version download=https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ghostscript/gnu-ghostscript-9.14.0.tar.xz
 
|Version download=https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ghostscript/gnu-ghostscript-9.14.0.tar.xz
 
|Last review by=Genium
 
|Last review by=Genium
|Last review date=2015/04/20
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|Last review date=2017/01/17
 
|Submitted by=Database conversion
 
|Submitted by=Database conversion
 
|Submitted date=2011-04-01
 
|Submitted date=2011-04-01
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{{Project license
 
{{Project license
|License=GPLv2
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|License=AGPLv3orlater
|License verified by=Kelly Hopkins
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|License verified by=Genium
|License verified date=2010-09-09
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|License verified date=2017/01/17
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|License note='''Ghostscript''' is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms the '''GNU Affero General Public License''' as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. See http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/ghostscript.git/tree/COPYING
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}}
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{{Project license
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|License=Other
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|License copyright=Adobe Systems Incorporated
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|License verified by=Genium
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|License verified date=2017/01/17
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|License note=The CMap files (in Resource/CMap) are copyright Adobe Systems Incorporated and covered by a separate, Affero GPL compatible license. See http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/ghostscript.git/tree/LICENSE & http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/ghostscript.git/tree/Resource/CMap
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}}
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{{Project license
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|License=AGPLv3 with exception
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|License verified by=Genium
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|License verified date=2017/01/17
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|License note=The font files (in Resource/Font) are are distributed under the AGPL with the following exemption: As a special exception, permission is granted to include these font programs in a Postscript or PDF file that consists of a document that contains text to be displayed or printed using this font, regardless of the conditions or license applying to the document itself.
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}}
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{{Project license
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|License=Other
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|License copyright=UNICODE, INC.
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|License verified by=Genium
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|License verified date=2017/01/17
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|License note=http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/ghostscript.git/tree/LICENSE.Unicode
 
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{{Person
 
{{Person
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{{Person
 
{{Person
|Real name=Peter Deutsch
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|Real name=José E. Marchesi
|Role=Contributor
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|Role=Maintainer
|Resource URL=
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|Email=jemarch@gnu.org
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{{Person
 
|Real name=Russell Lang
 
|Role=Contributor
 
|Resource URL=
 
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{{Person
 
|Real name=Thomas Merz
 
|Role=Contributor
 
 
|Resource URL=
 
|Resource URL=
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{Person
 
{{Person
|Real name=Tim Theisen
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|Real name=Artifex Software Inc.
|Role=Contributor
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|Role=Original source code comes from [[GPL Ghostscript]] released by Artifex Software Inc.
|Email=ghostview@cs.wisc.edu
 
|Resource URL=
 
}}
 
{{Person
 
|Real name=and many others
 
|Role=Contributor
 
 
|Resource URL=
 
|Resource URL=
 
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|Resource kind=Download
 
|Resource kind=Download
 
|Resource URL=http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/ghostscript/
 
|Resource URL=http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/ghostscript/
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{{Resource
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|Resource audience=Developer
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|Resource kind=Homepage
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|Resource URL=https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/ghostscript/
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{{Resource
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|Resource audience=Guix
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|Resource kind=Homepage
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|Resource URL=https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/packages/g.html
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{Software category
 
{{Software category
 
|Interface=command-line, console, library
 
|Interface=command-line, console, library
 
|Printing=postscript
 
|Printing=postscript
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|Programming-language=C
 
|Use=printing
 
|Use=printing
 
}}
 
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Revision as of 22:09, 17 January 2017


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GNU Ghostscript

https://www.gnu.org/software/ghostscript/
PostScript and PDF interpreter.

Ghostscript is an interpreter for the PostScript language and the PDF file format. It also includes a C library that implements the graphics capabilities of the PostScript language. It supports a wide variety of output file formats and printers.





Licensing

License

Verified by

Verified on

Notes

Verified by

Genium

Verified on

17 January 2017

Notes

The font files (in Resource/Font)

License

Other

Verified by

Genium

Verified on

17 January 2017

Verified by

Genium

Verified on

17 January 2017




Leaders and contributors

Contact(s)Role
Didier Link Maintainer
José E. Marchesi Maintainer


Resources and communication

AudienceResource typeURI
Downloadhttps://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ghostscript/
Mailing Listhttps://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-system-discuss/
Savannah (Ref)https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/ghostscript/
Mailing Listhttps://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-ghostscript/
VCS Repository Webviewhttps://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/ghostscript.git/
Generalhttps://savannah.gnu.org/people/
Debian (Ref)https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/ghostscript
Downloadhttps://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/ghostscript/


Software prerequisites

KindDescription
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Weak prerequisitezlib




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"Original source code comes from GPL Ghostscript released by Artifex Software Inc." is not in the list (Maintainer, Contributor, Developer, Sponsor, Unknown) of allowed values for the "Role" property.








"User" is not in the list (General, Help, Bug Tracking, Support, Developer) of allowed values for the "Resource audience" property.




"Guix" is not in the list (General, Help, Bug Tracking, Support, Developer) of allowed values for the "Resource audience" property.














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