[LRUG] Testing PDFs

[Mark Burns]

Hexapdf looks useful from an initial glance.

Alex, I'm not 100% familiar with Affero GPL, the idea is for publishing a
physical book.
So I would be the only user of the software. I am not a lawyer, but I
wonder if that still applies in this circumstance.

On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 11:44 AM Alex Balhatchet <alex at balhatchet.net> wrote:

> On 2 August 2017 at 11:33, Jason Lee <jlsync at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Mark, a suggestion not yet mentioned -
>>
>> HexaPDF - A Versatile PDF Creation and Manipulation Library for Ruby
>>
>> https://hexapdf.gettalong.org/
>> https://github.com/gettalong/hexapdf
>>
>> for testing (and/or generating) your PDFs.
>>
>
> Affero General Public License alert!
>
> https://hexapdf.gettalong.org/ says "HexaPDF is licensed under the GNU
> Affero General Public License (AGPL), an open source license. It allows you
> to use HexaPDF for free as long as you adhere to the license."
>
> Wikipedia says: "Both versions of the Affero GPL were designed to close a
> perceived application service provider (ASP) loophole in the ordinary GPL,
> where, by using but not distributing the software, the copyleft provisions
> are not triggered. Each version differs from the version of the GNU GPL on
> which it is based in having an added provision addressing use of software
> over a computer network. This provision requires that the full source code
> be made available to any network user of the AGPL-licensed work, typically
> a web application."
>
> ie. you probably don't want to use this in your startup :-)
>
> - Alex
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