From: Lee Daniel Crocker (lee@piclab.com)
Date: Thu Dec 19 2002 - 11:46:43 MST
> (Eugen Leitl <eugen@leitl.org>):
> On Wed, 18 Dec 2002, Lee Daniel Crocker wrote:
>
> > Adobe Acrobat is not available as "free software" in the FSF sense,
>
> Adobe Acrobat describes a number of data formats; some of them proprietary
> (encrypted). While Elcomsoft has been found not guilty in the very recent
> trial (we'll see how the Norwegian kid fares), Adobe is still very much
> unrepentant.
>
> While tools like xpdf (and pdftotext) can read some of Adobe Acrobat
> formats, a much better solution would be to reject them on lack of
> openness and because of commercial interests embroiled therein.
As I mentioned, it turns out that the Fictionwise files are indeed
PDF, so I was able to read with "ggv", without involving Adobe.
-- Lee Daniel Crocker <lee@piclab.com> <http://www.piclab.com/lee/> "All inventions or works of authorship original to me, herein and past, are placed irrevocably in the public domain, and may be used or modified for any purpose, without permission, attribution, or notification."--LDC
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