Hi! Its a bit offtopic, but anyway;) Why Microsoft must pay to adobe if wantto include pdf export capability to microsoft office?: http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/4509/53/
Is pdf/X-3 not an accepted iso standard, or am I misread something? What I have found: Patent clarification notice: Reading and writing PDF files Adobe has a number of patents covering technology that is disclosed in the Portable Document Format (PDF) Specification, version 1.3 and later, as documented in PDF Reference and associated Technical Notes (the "Specification"). Adobe desires to promote the use of PDF for information interchange among diverse products and applications. Accordingly, the following patents are licensed on a royalty-free, nonexclusive basis for the term of each patent and for the sole purpose of developing software that produces, consumes, and interprets PDF files that are compliant with the Specification: U.S. Patent Numbers: ? 5,634,064 ? 5,737,599 ? 5,781,785 ? 5,819,301 ? 6,028,583 ? 6,289,364 ? 6,421,460 In addition, the following patent is licensed on a royalty-free, nonexclusive basis for its term and for the sole purpose of developing software that produces PDF files that are compliant with the Specification (specifically excluding, however, software that consumes and/or interprets PDF files): U.S. Patent Number: ? 5,860,074" http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/support/topic_legal_notices.html Can somebody clarify me, why for example scribus dont need to pay to adobe for example? Khiraly
