Aladdin Free Public License
The Aladdin Free Public License, abbreviated AFPL, is a license written by L. Peter Deutsch for his Ghostscript PostScript language interpreter.
Latest version | 9 |
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Publisher | Aladdin Enterprises |
Published | September 18, 2000 |
SPDX identifier | Aladdin |
DFSG compatible | No |
FSF approved | No[1] |
OSI approved | No |
GPL compatible | No |
History
The license was derived from the GNU General Public License, but differs on two key points:
- The source code must be included with any software distribution.
- The software may not be sold, including any fees involved with distribution.
Deutsch chose to include a commercial restriction in the AFPL based on his observation of people including Ghostscript in commercial products without full license compliance.[2] Recent versions of Ghostscript are not licensed under the AFPL.[3]
Despite the name, the Free Software Foundation does not consider the AFPL a free software license,[1] neither the OSI consider it an open-source license, nor does it fall under the Copyfree Standard definition.[4] The AFPL can be considered a source-available license.
gollark: 1. most players will have non-rare stuff more than rarer stuff2. said non-rare stuff does not end up suddenly becoming rare "because ratios".
gollark: Okay then, but it does seem a bit weird based on observations of stuff.
gollark: So, golds are set higher but other stuff is set the same but affected by ratios? I kind of doubt that.
gollark: Doesn't mean they'd be caveblockers or something.
gollark: The market probably runs on a combination of ratios and preset prices right now. This is just a guess though.
See also
References
- "Licenses - Free Software Foundation". Archived from the original on January 13, 2009. Retrieved January 5, 2009.
- Stig Hackvän (October 1998). "L. Peter Deutsch in conversation with Stig Hackvän". Dr Dobb's Journal. CMP Media LLC. Archived from the original (CD-ROM) on October 13, 2004. Retrieved July 21, 2007.
As you recall, I promised Stallman that I would continue to distribute Ghostscript with the GNU license. But I saw a number of companies bundling Ghostscript with commercial products while just barely complying with the letter of the GNU license, so I decided that I did not want to make Ghostscript as available for commercial distribution as it would be with the GNU license.
- "Ghostscript, Ghostview and GSview". Archived from the original on June 30, 2007. Retrieved July 21, 2007.
- Copyfree Standard Definition
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