Re: [pdf-devel] PDF library port

[Miguel Angel]

El 18/11/10 01:36, Thomas Hood escribió:
> Dear GNU PDF,
> My name is Thomas Michael Hood. A friend of mine is working on an office
> suite project for me. We were considering using your PDF library. However
> Absolute Office (my project) is written in Java & licensed under the Do What
> The Fuck You Want To Public License. This is a problem because the GNU PDF
> library is written in C & licensed under the GNU General Public License. To
> help us, once the GNU PDF library is complete, could you make a Do What The
> Fuck You Want To Public License-licensed Java port of the GNU PDF library?
> Here's the text for the Do What The Fuck You Want To Public License:
> 
> *Do What The Fuck You Want To Public License*
> 
> Version 2, December 2004
> Copyright © 2004 Sam Hocevar <address@hidden>
> Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim or modified copies of
> this license document, and changing it is allowed as long as the name is
> changed.
> *DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO PUBLIC LICENSE TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR
> COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION* *0. You just **DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU
> WANT TO.* *1. Disclaimer of Warranty*
> 
> /* This program is free software. It comes without any warranty, to
> * the extent permitted by applicable law. You can redistribute it
> * and/or modify it under the terms of the Do What The Fuck You Want
> * To Public License, Version 2, as published by Sam Hocevar. See
> * http://sam.zoy.org/wtfpl/COPYING for more details. */
> 

I'm not a developer of GNU PDF, but I'll answer you.

It's very easy. You could use any available native interface in your
Java Project to use the GNU PDF library, but the final result will
GPLv3-licensed. If you use GNU PDF library's code in your port to Java
it will be GPLv3-licensed.

And an advice. GPL isn't a 20 lines license, but there is a reason. It
protects developers and doesn't let their work become propietary software.

Regards to all.

And to the developers, keep on doing a great work:-)