Ah, OK thanks for the clarification. I hadn’t realize PDFium has been around as long as it has been. I wouldn’t sweat the naming conflict, there’s at least three “PDFKit” libraries so you’re not alone.
On Tue, Dec 14, 2021 at 11:01 AM Paul Dupuis via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > On 12/14/2021 10:33 AM, Paul McClernan via use-livecode wrote: > > I was fairly certain that XPDF external was/is based on this XPDF: > > https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xpdf > > Which has both GPL and Proprietary Licensing options available. > > Nope. My company (Researchware) and I paid for the development of the > XPDF External shipped with LiveCode. Monte did the code for us when he > was an independent LiveCode developer, paid directly by Researchware. It > is based on the C++ "external" API template, calling the Google PDFium > library. Researchware then transferred the license to LiveCode when > Monte went to work for them. I called it XPDF because it was an eXternal > for PDFs. I was unaware (at the time) for anything else using the XPDF > name. And yes, I am to blame (or credit) for the majority of the syntax > for messages, commands, and functions of the XPDF external (with Monte > correcting me when I had a really stupid syntax specified) > > > > > The newer (> 9.6.3) PDF Widget is based on PDFium which is an offshoot > > project that spawned from Google’s Chromium project. I’m not sure about > the > > licensing involved with that. > > > > If you’re running macOS I released a (semi-complete) library that uses > > Apple PDFKit (not to be confused with several other PDFKits that are out > > there, such as this JS PDFKit: https://pdfkit.org ). That can extract > text > > from PDF, per-document or per-page. > > > > At some point I may update that library, adding the ability to extract > RTF > > styled text and also make iso it can use UIView, which would make > available > > on iOS devices too, but I’m really busy right now so that’s not likely to > > get attention from me anytime soon. > > > > > > On Mon, Dec 13, 2021 at 12:47 PM Richard Gaskin via use-livecode < > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > > >> Richmond wrote: > >> > >> > On 12.12.21 21:33, Richard Gaskin wrote: > >> >> Stam Kapetanakis wrote: > >> >> > i presume the pdf widget in pro is the opensource xpdfReader but > >> >> > don’t know for sure. > >> >> > >> >> If it is that would be problematic, as the open source edition of > >> >> xpdfReader is licensed under GPL, and LC no longer has an edition > >> >> compatible with GPL. > >> > > >> > The consequences are endless. > >> > >> Note my "if". > >> > >> In the next message in this thread Paul clarified that the component is > >> not derived from a GPL-governed work, so the rights and responsibilities > >> of the GPL do not apply here: > >> > http://lists.runrev.com/pipermail/use-livecode/2021-December/266435.html > >> > >> -- > >> Richard Gaskin > >> Fourth World Systems > >> Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web > >> ____________________________________________________________________ > >> ambassa...@fourthworld.com http://www.FourthWorld.com > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> use-livecode mailing list > >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > >> subscription preferences: > >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > use-livecode mailing list > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
