Re: [NTG-context] PDF 2.0 standard documents now free

6 Apr 2023


      On Thu, 6 Apr 2023 at 09:02, Hans Hagen via ntg-context 
wrote:
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On 4/6/2023 8:07 AM, luigi scarso via ntg-context wrote:
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On Thu, 6 Apr 2023 at 07:54, Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context
mailto:ntg-context@ntg.nl> wrote:
Am 05.04.23 um 20:09 schrieb Hans Hagen via ntg-context:
     > On 4/5/2023 7:48 PM, Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context wrote:
     >> Forwarding from Mastodon:
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     >> Adobe, Apryse, Foxit and PDFAssociation have partnered up and
made
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>> ISO32000-2 2020 (aka PDF 2.0),
     >> ISO/TS 32001 (Extensions to Hash Algorithm Support in ISO
    32000-2) and
     >> ISO/TS 32002 (Extensions to Digital Signatures in ISO 32000-2)
     >> available as sponsored papers ... so **FREE**.
     >> Follow the links below; no valid email (or address) necessary:
     >> https://www.pdfa.org/sponsored-standards/
    https://www.pdfa.org/sponsored-standards/
     > kind of interesting thatthe one from adobe is version 1 and the
    other one 2
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     > i'll wait till it's really free .. currently it still costs EUR
    0, so
     > one has to fill in some cart / form
You can put in arbitrary data and then download.
    I don’t think it will become any more free.
indeed, but then:  why don't  we put them on the wiki site / another
free site ?
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Any legal restrictions ?
Probably okay as long as one doesn't resell it for EUR 0 ...
It all looks a bit weird to me anyway "sponsored standards" esp with
sponsors mentioned on the cover instead of in thanks 'introduction'.
What happens when the sponsors withdraw? How does that legally work with
distributing? What is there are updates (unlikely anyway).
Indeed:  here  pdfa sells to you some books  (at 0€ , but it's always a
sale)
and as a general rule  you cannot  put them on a public site  for a
free download --  and this is the case , in my opinion.
So one has to fill the form with real data (personal or company), because
you are agreeing on a sale.

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luigi