Project Summary
Ghostscript is an interpreter for the PostScript language. A PostScript interpreter usually takes as input a set of graphics commands. The output is usually a page bitmap which is then sent to an output device such as a printer or display.
It also includes a graphics library and a PDF interpreter written in PostScript. It can act as a general vector graphics conversion engine, converting PostScript or PDF documents to other vector and raster formats.
In a Nutshell, Ghostscript...
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has a well established, mature codebase
maintained by a large development team
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took an estimated 593 years of effort (COCOMO model)
starting with its first commit in July, 1998
ending with its most recent commit 10 months ago
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GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 or later
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