Re: vector format and freesofware
On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 12:06 PM, Ben Finney wrote:
> Adobe Illustrator, for example, saves its vector data in a format which
> cannot effectively be edited in anything else. That means that, no
> matter the copyright license of the resulting document, it would be
> disingenuous to call the document free.
python-uniconverter can output Adobe Illustrator format, so that isn't
the best example, but point taken. This is similar to the Java trap
that existed before OpenJDK was released, or calling MacOS X specific
applications free. Windows specific applications are fine though since
we can build them using mingw and libwine.
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bye,
pabs
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