The Free Software Foundation is working to develop a set of libraries and programs that implement the PDF file format. Even non-developers can contribute to the cause.
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Daan
1 year 1 day 17 hours 50 min ago
10 USD donated. Hope it helps a
10 USD donated. Hope it helps a little.
braydon
1 year 1 day 14 hours 57 min ago
Is it possible to create a new
Is it possible to create a new portable format, rather than free an existing one? As they say mimicry is the highest form of flattery. Perhaps there are so many pdf docs out there this is important, like the Gnu Flash project?
dcparris
52 weeks 15 hours 31 min 37 sec ago
Yes, PDF is ubiquitous. Trying
Yes, PDF is ubiquitous. Trying to replace it would be like trying to replace the *.doc format. So creating a free implementation of the open PDF standard is much more feasible. Mind you, PDF is similar to ODF, in terms of being implementable by pretty much anyone.
spikeb
52 weeks 3 hours 49 min 3 sec ago
er, what about evince and xpdf
er, what about evince and xpdf and all those readers and their associated libraries?