On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 at 20:36 GMT, Terry Hancock penned: > > Furthermore, PDF isn't really an open data format, just a closed one > that turned out to be easier to crack than .doc files. Adobe isn't > any nicer about sharing their standards than Microsoft is. The fact > that we have good Linux readers for PDF has more to do with slow > releases of new versions of the standard, and more widespread use > (especially in the academic community), than with any intrinsic > quality. But the latest versions (5.x?) still don't seem to be > accessible with open source tools. >
Oops. Hrm, I could have sworn that PDF was a spec published by Adobe and freely usable, but google seems to disagree. It references some old links from the adobe site, but they seem to have been removed. -- monique -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]