This directory holds versions of Ghostscript and related programs.
3rdparty 3rd party libraries and fonts
AFPL     AFPL Ghostscript
gnu      GNU Ghostscript, GV, Ghostview
ghostgum GSview previewer, epstool and RedMon

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[DIR] Parent Directory                                   04-Dec-2008 03:00      -  
[DIR] 3rdparty/                                          01-Mar-2008 02:14      -  
[DIR] AFPL/                                              01-Mar-2008 02:36      -  
[DIR] GPL/                                               01-Aug-2008 21:59      -  
[TXT] README                                             22-Nov-2002 00:44     2k  
[DIR] aladdin/                                           18-Apr-2001 00:27      -  
[TXT] ansi2knr.c                                         19-Jun-2000 22:33    20k  
[DIR] contrib/                                           13-Jan-2004 09:40      -  
[TXT] faq.htm                                            28-Feb-2003 12:36     9k  
[DIR] fonts/                                             24-Jul-2003 15:56      -  
[DIR] ghostgum/                                          18-Nov-2007 10:39      -  
[DIR] gnu/                                               13-Nov-2005 16:52      -  
[   ] gs5man_d.pdf                                       26-Jun-1997 13:16   494k  
[   ] gs5man_e.pdf                                       26-Jun-1997 13:06   513k  
[TXT] gsfaq.txt                                          28-Feb-2003 12:37     9k  
[DIR] gzip_doc/                                          16-Feb-2000 01:38      -  
[DIR] hanzi/                                             16-Feb-2000 01:38      -  
[DIR] kanji/                                             29-Mar-2001 09:37      -  
[TXT] ls-lR.txt                                          13-Nov-2005 16:54    83k  
[DIR] packages/                                          04-May-1999 16:44      -  
[DIR] papers/                                            26-Jul-2000 20:34      -  

Ghostscript is now distributed in two different versions, with two
different licenses.  The current version with the GNU License is in
the gnu subdirectory; the current version with the new Aladdin
Free Public License is in the AFPL subdirectory.  The
AFPL version will typically be about a year more recent than the
GNU version; however, the AFPL license, unlike the GNU license, 
prohibits all commercial distribution (unless you get a commercial
license from Artifex Software Inc., which is currently the only entity
authorized by artofcode LLC to grant such licenses.)  For more information,
please read the file Commprod.htm in the AFPL directory.  For a
copy of the AFPL license, see the file PUBLIC in the AFPL directory.

The directory AFPL/current is a link to the most recent version
of AFPL Ghostscript.
Instructions on how to obtain AFPL Ghostscript are available from
   http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/

GSview for Windows, OS/2 and Linux are also distributed with a
similar pair of licenses, even though they are not part of Ghostscript
and their copyright is owned by Ghostgum Software Pty Ltd, 
not artofcode LLC.
The code that allows Ghostscript to function as a DLL under MS Windows
and OS/2 is also owned by Ghostgum Software Pty Ltd.
They are designed to work with AFPL Ghostscript, not GNU Ghostscript.

The files in the 3rdparty directory are libraries used by
Ghostscript (JPEG, libpng and zlib).  They are a copy of the versions 
available on many file servers around the net.  Since Ghostscript versions 
3.0 and above use these libraries, we thought it would be a good idea to 
keep a copy near the principal Ghostscript distribution point.