Bill Wagner wrote:
My question regards distributing documentation for the product. I
would personally prefer creating the user/admin/developers/etc.
manuals in a word processor, then formatting them into a PDF format
for download with the product. The problem comes not from the format
itself but rather with licensing issues regarding PDF documents
created using OS X.
An individual has suggested that we need some type of Adobe license to
distribute a PDF document to commercial customers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Document_Format
quote :
"*Portable Document Format* (*PDF*) is an open
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_standard> file format
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_format>"
...
"Anyone may create applications that read and write PDF files without
having to pay royalties to Adobe Systems
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Systems>; Adobe holds a number of
patents relating to the PDF format but licenses them on a royalty-free
basis for use in developing software that complies with its PDF
specification.[1]"
<http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/support/topic_legal_notices.html>
So you can pretty much use PDF as you please.
/Finn
