Adobe hands over copyright to PDF format

[Cyrus_the_virus]

PDFs will soon become the international standard for electronic documents after Adobe relinquished control of the copyright to ISO.

The move is part of Adobe's plans to make such movement of files more open, and as the most popular standard, PDFs will now be even easier to create and move.

"By releasing the full PDF specification for ISO standardization, we are reinforcing our commitment to openness", says Kevin Lynch, CTO at Adobe.

"As governments and organizations increasingly request open formats, maintenance of the PDF specification by an external and participatory organization will help continue to drive innovation and expand the rich PDF ecosystem that has evolved over the past 15 years."


Greater literacy

Most businesses use PDFs as the main way of transitioning from paper to electronic documentation, and now a slew of new readers, writers and development tools for the format will likely be unveiled in the near future thanks to the move.

For more information on the thrilling ins and outs of the deal, take a gander at the ISO website for the full press release.

By Gareth Beavis

 

[chandru.in]

But the new reader is going to add Flash into PDF. If PDF is not turned into a namesake standard, which acts as container for proprietary Flash movies, it is a great move by Adobe. Let the world have more document standards without locking in users to specific programs.

 

[goobimama]

Does this mean that Microsoft will finally be able to bundle along a PDF reader with Windows?

 

[Cyrus_the_virus]

Does this mean that Microsoft will finally be able to bundle along a PDF reader with Windows?

It means that there will more PDF readers and editors other than Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat Professional

MS wouldn't want to get into another bundling saga

 

[NucleusKore]

Great move, much appreciated

 

[CadCrazy]

Good news. Now open office community will not have any problem in providing editing support for PDF.
BTW PDF writer plugin (SPI) is in testing stage for OO 3

 

[MetalheadGautham]

Hot but old news: OpenOffice.org 3 is going to have inbuilt PDF editing support.

 

[CadCrazy]

Hot but old news: OpenOffice.org 3 is going to have inbuilt PDF editing support.

Not in built but as a separate plugin

 

[MetalheadGautham]

Not in built but as a separate plugin

doesn't make much of a difference.

 

[CadCrazy]

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+1 uncle