I'm not a legal expert, but I think there is no special licence that has to be respected. There are some patents by Adobe, though. But that doesn't seem to be a problem. Here's the only relevant page I found concerning the use of PDF. http://partners.adobe.com/asn/developer/legalnotices.html
A lot of open source products would have problems, if there were licence problems. > I have a question regarding licensing, with regard to Adobe. > > As I understand, PDF format is owned by Adobe and I'm wondering whether > there's any license or legal issues in generating a PDF file. > What we do with FOP is formatting data into PDF format. > Is there any license issue here? Do we need to get a consent from Adobe, or > something like that? > > How about for bussiness bodies? For example, if a company were to generate > a PDF file using FOP and host the file in its website? > Is there any legal issue for the rendering of data into PDF format? Cheers, Jeremias Märki mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] OUTLINE AG Postfach 3954 - Rhynauerstr. 15 - CH-6002 Luzern Tel. +41 41 317 2020 - Fax +41 41 317 2029 Internet http://www.outline.ch --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
