On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 09:09, Jim Cheetham wrote: > Christopher Sawtell wrote: > > As I said in my previous posting, the solution is on the way. I have done > > the NDA bit so I can't tell you much more, but I assure you that a pretty > > good > > Despite being a BWG, Chris fails the RMS-lookalike test ... RMS started > his Free software philosophy precisely when considering the possibility > of having to sign an NDA in order to make something work ... which was > required in the case of a printer driver that he wanted to fix. > > (Not that I'm suggesting *either way* whether this is a good thing or > not, I'm just noting the historical 'fact')
I did however send them a long and carefully constructed essay about the benefits they would gain if they opened acroread so that others couild help them make it work properly under Linux. I sure it fell on deaf ears, but I did try. -- C.S.
