Re: [pdf-devel] Use of Adobe's CMap files in GNU PDF

[Kenshi Muto]

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At Sat, 8 Dec 2007 01:47:23 +0100,
=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Martin_Schr=F6der?= wrote:
> 2007/12/8, address@hidden <address@hidden>:
> > There are no technical reasons (technical issues are usually easy to
> > fix). Only ethical ones.
> 
> AFAIK modified CMap files while create incompatible PDFs. Do you think
> it ethical to allow users to create broken PDFs?

If the modified CMap file makes broken PDFs, that's just a bug of the
modified CMap. So it's technical.

In fact, anyone will not want to touch current CMap mapping table.

The points for me are:
- - No one can't convert CMap files to other formats under current
  license even without a modification of the mapping table.
- - Even it makes broken PDFs, users may have a freedom to modify with
  their own responsibility, IMHO. If Adobe is afraid that broken CMap
  files are distributed widely, a license like "show users your
  modification and reason explicitly, if you modified something"
  seems enough well than prohibiting.

Thanks,
- -- 
Kenshi Muto
address@hidden
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