In former times, the newest GhostScript version was only available under
the AFPL license which does not allow commercial redistribution (What
distros are doing). With every new major version the previous version
was released under GPL as GPL GHostScript. ESP GhostScript is a fork of
GPL GhostScript with all GhostScript built-in drivers listed on
OpenPrinting, with the CUPS raster backend, and the X display driver
modularized.

Due to the license distributions have used GPL or ESP GhostScript.

Currently, the newest GhostScript versions are directly published under
the GPL and the ESP GhostScript project is discontinued. After moving
the add-on drivers and the CUPS raster backend to ghostscript.com the
distros will most probably switch to GPL GhostScript (for Ubuntu in
Gutsy Gibbon).

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gs-esp eats all memory... and fails
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/97718
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