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Jenda:
I wanted to ask: How's PDF from the free-software PoV? Is it proprietary, as I think [adobe], is it open, is it considered a standard?
KernelPanic:
--- Quote from: Jenda ---I wanted to ask: How's PDF from the free-software PoV? Is it proprietary, as I think [adobe], is it open, is it considered a standard?
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Closed, but an industry standard.
Creation with OSS is ok - OOo has PDF export and you can go from ps -> PDF sort of.
Plenty of apps to open them, and of course the closed Acrobad Reader.
KernelPanic:
--- Quote from: KernelPanic ---Acrobad Reader.
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Ag, Freudian slip.
worker201:
--- Quote from: KernelPanic ---Closed, but an industry standard.
Creation with OSS is ok - OOo has PDF export and you can go from ps -> PDF sort of.
Plenty of apps to open them, and of course the closed Acrobad Reader.
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I'm not so sure about that. Can you really classify a document format as closed or open source? The PDF (and while we're at it, PostScript) specification is available for anyone to read. However, the act of writing PDFs with the spec is not allowed, unless you agree to Adobe licensing rules. The rules for PDF are a bit more strict than PostScript, but I think most of the rules involve shoutouts to Adobe.
Interesting question, if anyone has anything else to share on this idea, I would like to hear it.
Aloone_Jonez:
--- Quote from: KernelPanic ---Closed, but an industry standard.
Creation with OSS is ok - OOo has PDF export and you can go from ps -> PDF sort of.
Plenty of apps to open them, and of course the closed Acrobad Reader.
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Doesn't the same apply to MS Office file formats?
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