Rob Campbell wrote:
If I build and sell a software system that renders documents in pdf format
from stored XML using FOP do I need a licence from Adobe or anyone else
covering the ability to produce and use the pdf format? i.e. is the pdf
format itself protected in any way?
AFAIK adobe owns the copyright but gives everybody copyright permission to
generate and distribute documents confirming to pdf; vendors of software
producing pdf (apache/fop) probably have to include a copyright notice, but
they don't need a licence or written agreement.
Markus
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