[tex-live] Re: pdfopen in TL

[Hans Hagen]

Karl Berry wrote:
>     The "Acrobat(r) Plug-ins software development 
>     kit license" applies here.
> 
> So it seems.  I can't find any explicit definition of that license
> either, but nothing on the Adobe site would imply it's free, quite the
> contrary, as you reported.
> 
>     - fetch the pdfdde sources (from the TL source depot)
>     - compile and distribute pdfdde.exe?
> 
> It seems we will have to delete it from TL :(.

it's probably the same as with the microsoft windows libraries; you may ship 
those with your apps; those have been around for ages (without source code); 
don't we have some contact person at adobe who can verify things?

Hans


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