[pkgsrc/trunk]: pkgsrc/print/ghostscript-gpl ghostscript-gpl: Clarify the nat...

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details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/pkgsrc/rev/8523ba57ac48
branches:  trunk
changeset: 329738:8523ba57ac48
user:      gdt <gdt%pkgsrc.org@localhost>
date:      Thu Feb 14 01:34:08 2019 +0000

description:
ghostscript-gpl: Clarify the nature of this package

Attempting to be as factual and dispassionate as possible, explain
more about what this is (last GPL version, not just a version that is
GPL), when the 9.06 release was, and why the package came to be.

diffstat:

 print/ghostscript-gpl/DESCR |  5 ++++-
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diffs (12 lines):

diff -r 22450982e5da -r 8523ba57ac48 print/ghostscript-gpl/DESCR
--- a/print/ghostscript-gpl/DESCR       Wed Feb 13 22:49:13 2019 +0000
+++ b/print/ghostscript-gpl/DESCR       Thu Feb 14 01:34:08 2019 +0000
@@ -4,4 +4,7 @@
 
 Support for Cups is enabled by the "cups" option (off by default).
 
-This package contains Ghostscript 9.06, released under the GPL.
+This package contains Ghostscript 9.06, the last Ghostscript release
+under GPL3 (August, 2012).  Newer releases are under AGPL3 (see
+ghostscript-agpl); this package exists for those that prefer an old
+GPL3 version to the AGPL3 version maintained by upstream.