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diff --git a/doc/src/thirdparty.rst b/doc/src/thirdparty.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000..855ed485 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/src/thirdparty.rst @@ -0,0 +1,212 @@ +.. title:: Third Party Libraries Used by Ghostscript and GhostPDL + +.. meta:: + :description: The Ghostscript documentation + :keywords: Ghostscript, documentation, ghostpdl + + +.. _thirdparty.htm: + + +Third Party Libraries Used by Ghostscript and GhostPDL +========================================================= + + +The table below details the third party libraries that Ghostscript and/or GhostPDL include, the versions QA tested and shipped with our releases, the relevant license, and the "upstream" URL. + + +.. list-table:: + :header-rows: 1 + :widths: 20 10 25 25 20 + + * - Library Name + - Version + - Function + - License + - URL + * - CUPS + + (AGPL Release Only) + + - 2.8.0 + - CUPS raster format output + - GPL Version 3 + - http://www.cups.org/ + * - eXpat + - 2.4.1 + - XML parsing for XPS interpreter + - MIT/eXpat License + - http://expat.sourceforge.net/ + * - FreeType + - 2.12.1 + - Font scaling and rendering + + for Ghostscript + - FreeType License + + (BSD-style license + + with a credit clause) + + - http://www.freetype.org/ + * - jbig2dec + - 0.19 + - JBIG2 decoding for the + + PDF interpreter + - Licensed with Ghostscript/GhostPDL + + (copyright owned by Artifex) + + - http://www.ghostscript.com/ + * - libjpeg + - 9e with patches + - JPEG/DCT decoding/encoding + - "Free" Can be used in + + commercial applications + + without royalty, + + with acknowledgement. + - http://www.ijg.org/ + * - LittleCMS2 mt + + (lcms2mt - thread + + safe fork of lcms2) + + - 2.10mt + - ICC profile based color conversion + + and management + + - MIT LICENSE + - http://www.ghostscript.com/ + * - libpng + - 1.6.37 + - PNG image encoding/decoding + - libpng license - classified as + + "a permissive free software license" + - http://www.libpng.org/ + * - OpenJPEG + - 2.4.0 + - JPEG2000 image decoding for the + + PDF interpreter + + - BSD-style + - http://www.openjpeg.org/ + * - zlib + - 1.2.12 + - (De)Flate compression + - zlib license - classified as + + "a permissive free software license" + - http://www.zlib.net/ + * - libtiff + - 4.3.0 + - TIFF image encoding/decoding + - BSD-style + - http://www.remotesensing.org/libtiff + + +The following are optional. + + + +.. list-table:: + :header-rows: 1 + :widths: 20 10 25 25 20 + + * - Library Name + - Version + - Function + - License + - URL + * - tesseract + - 4.1.0 + with patches + - Optical Character Recognition (OCR) library + - Apache License 2.0 + - https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tesseract + * - leptonica + - 1.80.0 with patches + - Image processing toolkit - support + + library for tesseract OCR + + - Leptonica License + + "a permissive free software license" + + - http://www.leptonica.org/ + + + + +The following are no-cost, open source licensed, but not GPL compatible. + + + +.. list-table:: + :header-rows: 1 + :widths: 20 10 25 25 20 + + * - Library Name + - Version + - Function + - License + - URL + * - jpegxr (JPEG XR reference software) + - 1.8 + - HDPhoto/JPEG-XR image + + decoding for the XPS interpreter + - ITU/ISO/IEC "Free" License + + Reference implementation + - http://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-T.835 + + + + +The following is optional & relevant to Artifex Software commercial releases only. + + +.. list-table:: + :header-rows: 1 + :widths: 20 10 25 25 20 + + * - Library Name + - Version + - Function + - License + - URL + * - Monotype UFST + - 5.x/6.x with patches + - Access, scale and render + + Monotype MicroType fonts + - Commercial + - https://www.monotype.com/ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +.. include:: footer.rst |