Re: PDF 2.0 standard documents now free

[luigi scarso via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl>]

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On Thu, 6 Apr 2023 at 09:02, Hans Hagen via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
wrote:

> On 4/6/2023 8:07 AM, luigi scarso via ntg-context wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 6 Apr 2023 at 07:54, Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context
> > <ntg-context@ntg.nl <mailto:ntg-context@ntg.nl>> wrote:
> >
> >     Am 05.04.23 um 20:09 schrieb Hans Hagen via ntg-context:
> >      > On 4/5/2023 7:48 PM, Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context wrote:
> >      >> Forwarding from Mastodon:
> >      >>
> >      >> Adobe, Apryse, Foxit and PDFAssociation have partnered up and
> made
> >      >> ISO32000-2 2020 (aka PDF 2.0),
> >      >> ISO/TS 32001 (Extensions to Hash Algorithm Support in ISO
> >     32000-2) and
> >      >> ISO/TS 32002 (Extensions to Digital Signatures in ISO 32000-2)
> >      >> available as sponsored papers ... so **FREE**.
> >      >> Follow the links below; no valid email (or address) necessary:
> >      >> https://www.pdfa.org/sponsored-standards/
> >     <https://www.pdfa.org/sponsored-standards/>
> >      > kind of interesting thatthe one from adobe is version 1 and the
> >     other one 2
> >      >
> >      > i'll wait till it's really free .. currently it still costs EUR
> >     0, so
> >      > one has to fill in some cart / form
> >
> >     You can put in arbitrary data and then download.
> >     I don’t think it will become any more free.
> >
> >
> > indeed, but then:  why don't  we put them on the wiki site / another
> > free site ?
>
>  > Any legal restrictions ?
>
> Probably okay as long as one doesn't resell it for EUR 0 ...
>
> It all looks a bit weird to me anyway "sponsored standards" esp with
> sponsors mentioned on the cover instead of in thanks 'introduction'.
>
> What happens when the sponsors withdraw? How does that legally work with
> distributing? What is there are updates (unlikely anyway).
>
>
Indeed:  here  pdfa sells to you some books  (at 0€ , but it's always a
sale)
and as a general rule  you cannot  put them on a public site  for a
free download --  and this is the case , in my opinion.
So one has to fill the form with real data (personal or company), because
you are agreeing on a sale.

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luigi

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