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Good catch. :) In fact, Adobe offers technical notes for helping IT personnel set up Acrobat 6 in a Terminal Server or Citrix MetaFrame environment: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/deployment.html Dan-Ari Feinberg listreader wrote: > PDFdev is a service provided by PDFzone.com | http://www.pdfzone.com > _____________________________________________________________ > > >Acrobat and the SDK are not licensed for use on a server at all, so > > you simply won't be able to use them. > > This is simply not true, but it has been repeated so many times that > everyone believes it to be true, and it could easily be perpetuated by > inclusion in a FAQ, which I discuss in my final paragraph. The license > that comes with the install of the US English Acrobat 6 on my computer > specifically allows server use, provided certain conditions are met. From > the license: > "...you may install one copy of the Software on a Computer file server > within your internal network for the sole and exclusive purpose of using > the Software through commands, data or instructions (e.g. scripts) from > another Computer on your internal network, provided that the total number > of users (not the concurrent number of users) that are permitted to access > or Use the Software on such Computer file server does not exceed the > Permitted Number." > > This would seem to exclude any use on an Internet server, since it would > not be on an internal network. It may not be advisable to use Acrobat on a > server. It might be better to use a tool that was made to run on a > server. It might be a recipe for disaster. It might be easier to say that > it isn't allowed than to explain to someone that they are building a > rickety system waiting to fail. Yes, you would have to make sure you pay > for enough licenses. Yes, some previous versions of Acrobat might have > totally forbid running Acrobat on a server. But the license for Acrobat 6 > in the US does not totally forbid server use of Acrobat. > > I don't want to pick on any person in particular. I happened to quote one > person, but others have written similar text. But this also raises a > question about creating a FAQ that is accurate, especially since the > statement above was put forth as part of a list of suggestions for a FAQ. > > Regards, > Dan-Ari > > To change your subscription: > http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfdev.html To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfdev.html
