Aladdin Free Public License
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| Version | 9 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Aladdin Enterprises |
| Published | September 18, 2000 |
| DFSG compatible | No |
| Free software | No[1] |
| OSI approved | No |
| GPL compatible | No |
The Aladdin Free Public License, abbreviated AFPL, is a license written by L. Peter Deutsch for his Ghostscript PostScript language interpreter. It was derived from the GNU General Public License, but differs on two key points:
- The source code must be included with any software distribution.
- The software may not be sold, including any fees involved with distribution.
Deutsch chose to include a commercial restriction in the AFPL based on his observation of people including Ghostscript in commercial products without full license compliance.[2] Recent versions of Ghostscript are not licensed under the AFPL.[3]
Despite the name, the Free Software Foundation states that the AFPL is not a free software license.[1]
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[edit] References
- ^ a b "Licenses - Free Software Foundation". http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses. Retrieved January 5, 2009.
- ^ Stig Hackvän (October 1998). "L. Peter Deutsch in conversation with Stig Hackvän" (in English) (CD-ROM). Dr Dobb's Journal. CMP Media LLC. http://devlinux.org/deutsch-interview.html. Retrieved 2007-07-21. "As you recall, I promised Stallman that I would continue to distribute Ghostscript with the GNU license. But I saw a number of companies bundling Ghostscript with commercial products while just barely complying with the letter of the GNU license, so I decided that I did not want to make Ghostscript as available for commercial distribution as it would be with the GNU license."
- ^ "Ghostscript, Ghostview and GSview". http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost. Retrieved 2007-07-21.
