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I think there is some issue with licensing from Adobe on this. Someone who knows more than me might educate us.
by SQL2219 8y ago
I think there is some issue with licensing from Adobe on this. Someone who knows more than me might educate us.
- Someone 8y agoThe standards related to PDF are open. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDF https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDF: ”PDF was standardized as an open format, ISO 32000, in 2008, and no longer requires any royalties for its implementation” Also, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDF#Intellectual_property https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDF#Intellectual_property: ”Anyone may create applications that can read and write PDF files without having to pay royalties to Adobe Systems; Adobe holds patents to PDF, but licenses them for royalty-free use in developing software complying with its PDF specification.” It’s a huge spec, though. For example, fully supporting PDF requires a JavaScript engine.
- tonyedgecombe 8y agoand half a dozen image formats, font formats, bits of PostScript, I think there is even some XML lurking in there.