[pdftex] xpdf (was: [Gs-devel] Re: [gnu@toad.com: Re: EFF placeholder page for when we have PDF rather than HTML])

[Sebastian Rahtz]

On Fri, Feb 08, 2002 at 04:23:47PM -0700, Richard Stallman wrote:
>     Distiller Server 5.0 (announced in December) supports Sun Solaris 
>     and RedHat Linux, so there is hope indeed... See:
>     http://Sun.SystemNews.com/system-news/jobdir/submitted/2002.02/5418/5418.html
> 
> Is that free software?  A non-free program is not a solution in the
> Free World.

That depends on how you define the problem :-}

The Free World seems to be very much hanging on the coat-tails 
of the non-Free World when it comes to the development of Adobe.
Basically, Adobe have us over a barrel.

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