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Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 11:23:34 -0300
From: salvador <salvador AT inti DOT gov DOT ar>
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To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: DJGPP: Request for license to copy IEEE Standards (fwd)
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Alain Magloire wrote:

> Bonjour M. salvador
>
> > >   I'm not sure is this belong to the mailing list anymore
> > >   but if someone with enough (english)knowledge could decypher
> > >   Please get it touch with me.
> > >
> > > - It looks by electronic they mean PDF.  Is there a pdf <-> html
> > >   converter.
> >
> > Yes they mean pdf, IEEE stores all the documents (even the magazines) in pdf
> > files. In this way you can get access to all the magazines (published after
> > 1995). There is no way to convert pdf files to html without losing too much
> > information. But as Eli says: why somebody will need it if Acroread is free and
> > available for most platforms? (I have it in my Linux box, is a must for people
> > working in electronics, all the datasheets are in pdf format).
> >
> > About the letter: They just want to charge you according to the number of people
> > that will have access to the material.
>
> I'm not sure I follow you guys.  The aim is to provide the std for *all*
> the djgpp-workers so they can peek at the stds when need it.

It won't work for IEEE, not at least legally.

> I don't
> see what is the gain by giving it to a few(2/3) individuals, this is the
> current situation, we are not improving anything, unless you want
> to buy for 50 persons.

If these 2 individuals are Eli and DJ, anybody in doubt can just ask: Is that correct
for the standard? how the standard defines it? ... No body will say you are breaking
the law because you quoted the standard.
They doesn't like the idea of making something available for an unkown number of
users because then anybody can just say "go there and get a free copy".

> And PDF truly sucks, have you ever try to work with a 300 pages document
> in acroread .. pfff ... not very partical for day-to-day use.
> PDF may be great for printing but not to stare blindly all day and
> hitting pgUp/pgDn.

The format *is* for printing, in fact .pdf files are normally generated using a
special printer driver which just "prints" to a pdf file.
They distribute magazines in this format (with all the artwork and even
advertisments).

SET

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