Re: A Round of Removals
Marc Haber <mh+debian-devel@zugschlus.de> writes:
> As far as I know there is not yet a free pdf reader available that can
> do all features of the latest acrobad specification. Giving the
> history with adobe, there is no doubt that all adobe-written pdf
> generators will soon use exactly these features.
Probably not. Most of the new PDF features are optional features
that require some intelligence from the user (or the software
generating the document). For instance, bookmarks have been around
forever, but hardly any docs use them. Ditto javascript, forms.
Now, there's tagged text and a few other things, but nothing vital
besides the file format.
> I amnot familiar with the DMCA, but am I overly pessimistic when I
> suspect that there will be DMCA issues when it comes to reverse
> engineer the latest pdf format?
Maybe, but you don't have to since Adobe publishes the format details.
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You can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think. - Dorothy Parker
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