Are all files produced by GPL Ghostscript copyrighted by 'Artifex Software, Inc.'?

Hello all pdf2ps, which is a frontend to gs, inserts a copyright notice in all PS files it produces. I am using `GPL Ghostscript 8.71 (2010-02-10)'. Files look like this: %!PS-Adobe-3.0 ... %%Creator: GPL Ghostscript 871 (pswrite) ... %%BeginProlog % This copyright applies to everything between

Re: Are all files produced by GPL Ghostscript copyrighted by 'Artifex Software, Inc.'?

One solution to the problem is to get the source code, delete the lines which insert the copyright notice (“modify the code”), compile the code, and use this. This is legal as the code is released under GPL and GPL allows modifications. (You could release your modifications too. This is how Debi

Re: Are all files produced by GPL Ghostscript copyrighted by 'Artifex Software, Inc.'?

Hello Claudius I am not convinced that the notice is harmless. At any rate, since the GS code is released as GPL, I am well within my rights to alter it as I suggested. (But, IANAL.) > Note that in some jurisdictions, not even > such a notice is necessary in order to hold the copyright, nor doe

Re: Are all files produced by GPL Ghostscript copyrighted by 'Artifex Software, Inc.'?

Filed a bug-report: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=696539 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1356191986.55498.yahoomailclas...@web1617

Re: Are all files produced by GPL Ghostscript copyrighted by 'Artifex Software, Inc.'?

Hello Claudius > > Firefox is free software and you are free to modify it, either > before or after you install it. I chose to modify it before I > installed it. I modified it by removing the EULA. So there is no > EULA, no agreement between me and the Mozilla Corporation, no > contract.