----- Original Message ----- From: "Leonard Rosenthol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Post all your questions about iText here" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, 27 April, 2007 2:24 PM Subject: Re: [iText-questions] Formular Submit from PDF onlyworkswhileopenedin Browser
> My opinion is that the number of users with a version of Reader < 7 > is so small that I wouldn't invest the engineering effort in a > product targeted to only those users. > > Leonard > Leonard, I had hoped you'd give your response to the compliance issue I raised (see below). As a specific example, the Knoppix 4.02 live Linux distribution, has Acrobat 4 included in it, while later editions drop Acrobat/Adobe Reader altogether (IMO, for reasons other than EULA compliance). This distribution, as well as several earlier distributions, can be easily remastered to include a CGI script to capture form data and merge it with a PDF form. As many PDF developers are aware, there are applications for which Acrobat and Reader can be employed that are technically feasible, but which are not compliant with the EULA. One of these, e.g., using, on a local network or on the same computer, a CGI script to capture the form data from a "submit" action and merging the form data with a PDF form (AcroForm), thereby allowing a filled PDF form to be saved locally, appears to be in violation of the version 7 (Reader) EULA, while it is not in violation of the EULA for previous versions. My interest as a developer is ensuring that users are properly warned that use of the above-cited capabilities on a local network or on the same computer with a "localhost" httpd server is not permissible with Reader 7. Certainly, a work-around for this problem, i.e., Reader 7 EULA, is to not use Reader at all in a scenario designed to save the form data from a PDF form or to save a filled PDF form. I have a working prototype that doesn't use Reader, and further, doesn't require a PDF viewer at all, although a PDF viewer is nice to have. More on this later in another thread, as it is more appropriate for another thread. Best regards, -- Bill Segraves > On Apr 27, 2007, at 12:29 PM, William Alexander Segraves wrote: <snip> > > So, it seems to me it would be compliant with the Reader EULA to use a > > "localhost" server-side iText-based class for merging FDF/XFDF with > > the > > target PDF, presenting the merged PDF to the client browser that > > "submits" > > the form data, for any version of Reader from versions 3 through 6, > > while > > such use of Reader 7 (and up) would be in violation of the > > corresponding > > EULA. > > > > Your opinion? > > <snip> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Buy the iText book: http://itext.ugent.be/itext-in-action/
