Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 01:21:54 -0500
From: Walter Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: adobe and DOS? a tad off topic
John:
Encrypted files are an issue of law. As the error message noted,
it's export restrictions limit the power of the software. GNU
applications are meant to be distributed Worldwide. Apparently, this
had some impact on the level of sophistication in the software as such
pertains to encryption.
Walter Scott
Quoting John Gregory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> to Walter Scott
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and the Net-Tamer List Group on 19-Mar-00
at 17:13 PST:
JG> WS> ...If you want to try the DOS software, you can FTP it
JG> WS>from ftp.foolabs.com/pub/xpdf/xpdf-0.90-dos.zip...
JG>
JG> I've just downloaded the DOS software but program pdftotex.exe can't
JG> convert file license.pdf which comes with the Adobe Acrobat3 reader
JG> and puts out an error message "PDF file is encrypted and cannot be
JG> displayed"
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