On Sat, Dec 13, 2003 at 02:36:10PM -0600, Terry Hancock wrote: } On Saturday 13 December 2003 12:46 pm, Monique Y. Herman wrote: } > On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 at 03:00 GMT, Greg Madden penned: } > > http://debian.org/logos/ } > Ooh. I was wondering where to find logos. } > } > Why eps as opposed to pdf or whatever? [...] } Furthermore, PDF isn't really an open data format, just a } closed one that turned out to be easier to crack than .doc files. } Adobe isn't any nicer about sharing their standards than } Microsoft is. The fact that we have good Linux readers for } PDF has more to do with slow releases of new versions of } the standard, and more widespread use (especially in the } academic community), than with any intrinsic quality. But } the latest versions (5.x?) still don't seem to be accessible } with open source tools. } } OTOH, postscript has been around for so long that it is definitely } a well-understood standard (there are published manuals } explaining the language in detail). I'm not sure whether it was } intended to be open or not, but it is in effect, at least. } } And that would probably be Debian's reason. ;-)
That is entirely FUD. PDF is no more nor less open than PostScript. Both PostScript and PDF are industry standards developed, promoted, and documented by Adobe. A Google search for "pdf specification" turns up the Adobe PDF specification, available free from Adobe, within the first two links. Similarly, a google search for "postscript language reference" turns up the PostScript specification available free from Adobe as the first link. } Cheers, } Terry --Greg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]