Aladdin Free Public License
The Aladdin Free Public License , or AFPL for short , was developed by L. Peter Deutsch to license Ghostscript and is derived from the GNU General Public License . However, it differs essentially in the following points:
- The source code must be included with every distribution .
- The software may not be sold; charging a copy or service fee is also not permitted.
The purpose of the ban on sales was that vendors who wanted to sell Ghostscript commercially with their product had to purchase a license for the software that was subject to a fee. This should achieve fairer remuneration for the developers.
Ghostscript has not been sold under the AFPL since 2006.
See also
swell
- ↑ Interview with L. Peter Deutsch ( Memento from October 13, 2004 in the Internet Archive )