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PDF has some sort of huge licensing fee attached to it for document creation. I'm working on a project where I needed to buy a redistributable PDF ripper compon

PDF has some sort of huge licensing fee attached to it for document creation. I'm working on a project where I needed to buy a redistributable PDF ripper component. I couldn't find one for less than $1500 because of the Adobe licensing fees. Still hate Scribd.

gaius 18y ago
I'm not sure it does. Doesn't OpenOffice export to PDF for free? And you can script it with Python.
tlrobinson 18y ago
It's built into every Mac OS X installation: http://developer.apple.com/documentation/GraphicsImaging/Conceptual/PDFKitGuide/PDFKit_Prog_Intro/chapter_1_section_1.html http://developer.apple.com/documentation/GraphicsImaging/Con...
rufo 18y ago
Adobe has several patents covering various areas of the PDF spec, but they "are licensed on a royalty-free, nonexclusive basis for the term of each patent and for the sole purpose of developing software that produces, consumes, and interprets PDF files that are compliant with the Specification:" http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/support/topic_legal_notices.html http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/support/topic_leg... The Adobe PDF specification is also freely available at: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/pdfs/pdf_reference_1-7.pdf http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/pdfs/pdf_reference_1-7.p... Not sure where the $1500 is coming from, but it's certainly not a requirement for any PDF generator.