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------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Dec 9 23:59:04 -0800 2005 ------- The above Adobe quote above by Gavin (didn't find it at that link though) is all about what a person may do with Adobe code (ie their copyrighted list of data structures and operators). However nobody can copyright an idea. If someone comes up with their own code that functionally does the same thing, then that's not a copy and copyright law (worldwide) does not apply. You can patent an idea but that is always on a case by case basis and is significantly different from copyright. Since Ghostscript (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostscript) can view pdf files, I think it is extremely likely that Adobe can not stop openoffice from adding this functionality. Plus if a company prevents interoperability then it will likely run afoul of "Exclusive Dealing, Tied Selling, Market Restriction and Abuse of Dominant Position" laws that exist in most countries. Everything adobe says above is nonsense*. For the purposes of creating openoffice functionality everything adobe says above can be ignored on legal basis. Adobe may still be able to prevent whatever they dislike from happening by throwing lawyers and money at it. (But with any court case, you don't need to be in the legal right, you just need to force the other guy to go away.) * Except circumventing DRM which can be illegal under the DMCA (not copyright) But most countries don't have a law like the DMCA. My point: Other open source projects can open pdf files, so why not openoffice? In the material quoted above Adobe is claiming that copyright does more than it can do anywhere in the world. All references to copyright in Gavin's Adobe quote are wrong. That being said legality is always an issue of what laws are relevant in what jurisdiction, and openoffice won't be used in just one country. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
