The GPL forbidsà use of the code it covers in any software any part of which is not Open Source. I am doing work for a vendor who does not wish to make certain information public to avoid reverse engineering of its hardware by foreign companies. On Wed, 4 Feb 2004, Stoppard wrote: > May i ask why you want it under the LGPl and not the GPL? > > Thanks, > Nigel > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John J. Boyer" <director@xxxxxxxx> > To: <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 9:54 PM > Subject: Re: Postscript Viewer for Text Mode > > > > Tim, > > > > Thanks for the info. Unfortunately, none of these approaches works. The > > file appears to be too complex for them. I got a postscript programming > > manual online, but the files are in postscript, so I have a Catch 22. I > > also need a postscript interpreter that is under the LGPL not the GPL. > > there don't seem to be any, so I may wind up writing my own. > > > > John > > > > > > On Mon, 2 Feb 2004, gumnos (Tim Chase) wrote: > > > > > > This looks promising, but the Web page contains no link > > > > to download the program, nor any source code. > > > > > > >From a little digging, I found the source code at > > > > > > > http://www.mit.edu/afs/sipb/project/sipb-athena/attic/consult/ps2txt/ps2txt. > c > > > > > > (all one line, again, if OE didn't bung it up again) I read the source, > > > and it's not very glamorous, and may not do an ideal job of getting > across > > > the content. > > > > > > Also, in addition to Christian's suggestion of ps2ascii (which should be > > > part of the ghostscript package, if you're looking for it), there's one > > > called "pstotxt" which also relies on the ghostscript interpreter, but > is > > > reported to do a better job. > > > > > > All three utilities are simply filters, to which you can then pump the > > > output to your favorite viewer. Enjoy, > > > > > > -tim > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > > > > -- > > John J. Boyer; Executive Director, Chief Software Developer > > Computers to Help People, Inc. > > http://www.chpi.org > > 825 East Johnson; Madison, WI 53703 > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > -- John J. Boyer; Executive Director, Chief Software Developer Computers to Help People, Inc. http://www.chpi.org 825 East Johnson; Madison, WI 53703 _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list