Re: free/open documentation formats
I do not know about patents, but IIRC GPL software does convert to
PDF. Good enough for me.
Ian Monroe
http://mlug.missouri.edu/~eean/
On Mon, 3 Dec 2001, Timo Boewing wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> for some future and current works i want to provide my writings
> additionally in other formats than xhtml. Has anyone a link to a list
> of free documentation formats? The problem is that i want to avoid
> using formats on that evtl. patents are pending.
> for example, i would like to provide my stuff using portable document
> format (pdf) and postscript (ps), but i am not shure if the formats as
> such are free cos adobe has a trademark on them.
>
> any hints?
>
> thanks in advance,
>
> Timo
>
> p.s. i would be happy to get some hints on good viewers. should be
> pure console/X/gtk viewers. e.g., is there a substitute for acrobat
> reader that does also do well?
>
>
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