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Date:      05 Sep 2005 09:55:41 -0400
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
To:        Vizion <vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: /usr/ports/pdflib Version
Message-ID:  <448xybzkiq.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <200509041900.18483.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com>
References:  <200509041900.18483.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com>

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Vizion <vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> writes:

> I note that from
> http://www.pdflib.com/products/pdflib/download/index
> 
> there is a free version of:
> 
> PDFlib-6.0.2-FreeBSD5.tar.gz
> 
> Does anyone know if this a later version of /usr/ports/pdflib4 or is it an 
> entirely different product?
> 
> In any case does anyone have any comments about this one and is there any 
> reason not to put a copy in the ports tree?

It has a license that is pretty complicated to comply with, so the
ports system won't include the distfile.  Note that there is already a
/usr/ports/print/pdflib which will get you a "lite" version of 6.0.2.



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