[pdf-devel] Any idea about solving CMap problem?

[Kenshi Muto]

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Hi,

I heard your excellent project at Linux.com and hope your success very.

Well, maybe you know, we free software community in Japan/China/Korea
has a problem about handling PDF since a long time ago.

At this time we need CMap files are controlled by Adobe
corporation, to handle PDFs of these languages.
CMap is a huge table between CID character maps and OpenType/TrueType
encoded character map.
( ftp://ftp.oreilly.com/pub/examples/nutshell/ujip/adobe/ )

For our free software community, the prohibition of any modifications
under Adobe CMap license makes a serious headache.

<quote>
  Permission is granted for redistribution of this file
  provided this copyright notice is maintained intact and
  that the contents of this file are not altered in any
  way from its original form.
</quote>

Although some Debian guys had already contacted Adobe legal department,
they couldn't get a positive answer. Adobe seem want to continue to
control CMap under themselves and won't change its license anymore.

So, do you have any good idea to solve this issue?
I think you'll meet this problem sooner or later.

Thanks,
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Kenshi Muto
address@hidden
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