There! Another reason to not license code unter the LGPL. "John J. Boyer" <director@xxxxxxxx> writes: > 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 > -- CYa, Mario | Debian Developer <URL:http://debian.org/> | Get my public key via finger mlang@xxxxxxxxxxxxx | 1024D/7FC1A0854909BCCDBE6C102DDFFC022A6B113E44 _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list