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GNU and Ghostscript part ways

GNU and Ghostscript part ways

Posted May 22, 2003 1:18 UTC (Thu) by Hawke (subscriber, #6978)
Parent article: GNU and Ghostscript part ways

The use of "i.e." should have been "e.g."

i.e. stands for "id est", and means "that is". As used in the article, it would imply that the only possible commercial distribution of AFPL Ghostscript is inside a printer.

e.g. stands for "exempli gratia", and means "for example" and implies that inside a printer is merely one of the many possibilities for commercial distribution of AFPL Ghostscript.


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