PDF spec (Was: Re: ooh! debian jewelry)
On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 at 20:36 GMT, Terry Hancock penned:
>
> Furthermore, PDF isn't really an open data format, just a closed one
> that turned out to be easier to crack than .doc files. Adobe isn't
> any nicer about sharing their standards than Microsoft is. The fact
> that we have good Linux readers for PDF has more to do with slow
> releases of new versions of the standard, and more widespread use
> (especially in the academic community), than with any intrinsic
> quality. But the latest versions (5.x?) still don't seem to be
> accessible with open source tools.
>
Oops. Hrm, I could have sworn that PDF was a spec published by Adobe
and freely usable, but google seems to disagree. It references some old
links from the adobe site, but they seem to have been removed.
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monique
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