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2000.10.06 16:32 "Re: PDF is NOT proprietary!", by Leonard Rosenthol
At 11:13 AM -0500 10/6/00, Grissom, Ed wrote:
> My apologies for speaking from ignorance.
It's a pretty common misconception in the industry...
> I have found the PDF File Format
> document on Adobe's site, and it appears that all that is required to R/W
> PDF is a Copyright notice in your application.
A copyright notice on the name "PDF", that's true. But isn't
the name "TIFF" also a copyright of Adobe? (although they should
really be trademarks not copyrights, but ...)
Leonard
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