Salam, I though this would be of interest to you, specially those people who deal with this format and living in countries where the government applies these rules.
regards, Ossama Khayat [Quoted] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Long" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >JohnT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed: > I was pleased that OpenOffice.org included ability > to make PDF files in its latest release, BUT..... > What about the legality of doing so? Apparently > Adobe has a lot of copyrights and patents related > to its PDF-producing and PDF-reading software. I > would like assurances that OpenOffice.org is not > putting itself in legal difficulty by including the > ability to write a PDF file. Read what Adobe themselves say: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/adobepdf.html "An open file format specification, PDF is available to anyone who wants to develop tools to create, view, or manipulate PDF documents." Bob Long -- ______________________________________________ http://www.linuxmail.org/ Now with e-mail forwarding for only US$5.95/yr Powered by Outblaze _______________________________________________ General mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.arabeyes.org/mailman/listinfo/general
