On 20/12/2012 1:21, Stefan Santesson wrote: > I want to report a suspected bug in iText
Hello Stefan, many integrators working for the EU are playing solo-slim. I don't like this. The problem you mention is old news for us. Please read http://itextpdf.com/book/digitalsignatures If you read this technical white paper carefully, you'll find out that iText fully supports PAdES-2 (ISO-32000-1), PAdES-3 (to be expected in ISO-32000-2) and even PAdES-4 (Long Term Validation). iText DOES NOT support PAdES-5 (XFA based forms) yet. It's on our roadmap for 2013 if somebody (the EU?) is willing to sponsor its development. I've recently attended the ETSI Workshop in Berlin. See http://www.etsi.org/news-events/news/611-201211-tsp I'm starting to get acquainted with the upcoming rules and regulations in different countries, as well as with the way the EU works. I urge you to tell everyone you know that the EU-Commission Open Source tool based on iText 2.1.7 HAS NEVER BEEN ENDORSED by the copyright owners of iText. Some of the companies that has worked on this tool refuse to talk to us: http://www.lowagie.com/dearintegrator Some companies were aware of the problem and asked us for an exception so that they could use the newer iText version (AGPL) in an EUPL project. However: as they wanted us to grant them this exception for free, there was a discussion that didn't end in a mutual agreement: http://www.lowagie.com/eupl I fear that these companies will be in serious trouble once the EU finds out they've spent plenty of money on software development that doesn't succeed in producing standard conforming signatures. Fortunately, we have sufficient proof that these companies refused to purchase support from us and denied our advice. This lack of professionalism shown by some specific integrators really makes me sad, especially if they'd start blaming iText for their own mistakes. I usually welcome bug reports, because they allow us to improve our product. However, it's disappointing to read a mail saying "I want to report a suspected bug in iText" after I've been talking to a wall for such a long time, warning different stakeholders in this matter that things weren't going in the right direction. I know you aren't to blame for this. The main problem is the fact that the EU isn't aware of the fact that they pay good money to companies who make wrong use of a fine Free/Open Source Software product. I'm putting our sales in Bcc: to check if your company is a customer of ours. If not, please don't expect privileged support; that would be unfair towards those companies who have established a correct business relationship with us. Best regards, Bruno Lowagie CEO iText Software Group ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LogMeIn Rescue: Anywhere, Anytime Remote support for IT. Free Trial Remotely access PCs and mobile devices and provide instant support Improve your efficiency, and focus on delivering more value-add services Discover what IT Professionals Know. Rescue delivers http://p.sf.net/sfu/logmein_12329d2d _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions iText(R) is a registered trademark of 1T3XT BVBA. Many questions posted to this list can (and will) be answered with a reference to the iText book: http://www.itextpdf.com/book/ Please check the keywords list before you ask for examples: http://itextpdf.com/themes/keywords.php
