Klokan Petr Přidal wrote:
Unfortunately all PDF parsing libraries I know are GPL, and that means we can't use them for the gdal driver - because of the license issues. But to create a GPL utility for converting GeoPDF to anything what GDAL/OGR supports should be OK. Poppler can be the best base of such GDAL-based utility for reading/rasterizing of the GeoPDF files.
Folks, I would note that it is fine to use external GPL libraries for optional GDAL/OGR format drivers. It just means we won't be copying the whole source into GDAL for convenient building like we do for stuff like libtiff and that some users of GDAL will not use that driver. I'd prefer a more compatible license for supporting libraries, but it is not all that important. Best regards, -- ---------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- I set the clouds in motion - turn up | Frank Warmerdam, warmer...@pobox.com light and sound - activate the windows | http://pobox.com/~warmerdam and watch the world go round - Rush | Geospatial Programmer for Rent _______________________________________________ gdal-dev mailing list gdal-dev@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/gdal-dev
