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Bug#855219: ghostscript: Please add gspcl



Quoting Patrik Schindler (2017-02-23 18:24:02)
> Am 23.02.2017 um 17:49 schrieb Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk>:
>> [re-adding bugreport and setting same as reply-to]
>
> I did that intentionally but I’m also okay with having some smirky 
> remarks publicly accessible.

Sorry for not asking bfore publishing your post!


>> Licensing issue is different - quoting from ghostpdl/pcl/LICENSE:
>>
>>> The set of truetype fonts in the urwfonts directory are necessary 
>>> for the PCL/XL interpreter to function properly but they ARE NOT 
>>> FREE SOFTWARE and are NOT distributed under the GNU GPL. They can 
>>> instead be redistributed under the AFPL licence which bars 
>>> commercial use.
>>
>> Seems (but need closer inspection) that the fonts are free except for 
>> commercial use and therefore permitted in Debian non-free.
>
> So I may look forward for a gpcl package for unstable in a not all to 
> far future?

Yes.

...and if at some point in time you realize that "not all too far" have 
different meaning for me than for you, then feel free to ping this 
bugreport - or roll up your sleeves and join the packaging effort!

 - Jonas

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