[libreoffice-users] Re: What about the standard state of the hybrid pdf format?
Hi Tom, carlo Tom wrote Pdf is a proprietary format. There is no Open version and no community. Testing is done on a relatively small number of machines. It would be really great if there were a successfull OpenDocument Format equivalent that gained even as much traction as Odt etc have. I think you missed the point, Tom. Carlo is talking about Hybrid PDF, a format available only in OO and LO using the PDF Import Extension. This allows you to save a document with a PDF extension but includes the ODF file. This means that you can send it to anyone who has a PDF reader but it can also be edited as an ODF and when it is saved the PDF reflects the modifications. This is a fantastic format. I can't answer for TDF about the future of this format but given that the PDF Import extension is included by default in the LO installer and that it is updated by the LO developers, it seems there is some interest in moving this format forward ;) I hope someone can provide a more official answer ;) -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/What-about-the-standard-state-of-the-hybrid-pdf-format-tp3651536p3651739.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] Re: What about the standard state of the hybrid pdf format?
On 2012-01-11 1:38 PM Tom Davies wrote: Pdf is a proprietary format. You are wrong. You should check the facts before posting. From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Document_Format Portable Document Format (PDF) is an open standard for document exchange. This file format, created by Adobe Systems in 1993, is used for representing documents in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems.[ ... While the PDF specification was available for free since at least 2001,[4] PDF was originally a proprietary format controlled by Adobe, and was officially released as an open standard on July 1, 2008, and published by the International Organization for Standardization as ISO 32000-1:2008.[1][5] In 2008, Adobe published a Public Patent License to ISO 32000-1 granting a royalty-free rights for all patents owned by Adobe that are necessary to make, use, sell and distribute PDF compliant implementations.[6] -- _ Larry I. Gusaas Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Canada Website: http://larry-gusaas.com An artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs. - Edgard Varese -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
