On Tue, 11 Aug 2020 21:14:13 +0200, Thorsten wrote:

> On 11.08.2020 17:46, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> I don't entirely disagree, but PDF is not an open format, so from a
>> "free software" perspective, would be strongly discouraged IIRC. 
>> Providing it in a format that could be published in multiple formats,
>> OTOH, would be a really good solution.
> 
> Actually, PDF is an ISO standard and even usable for archive purposes.

Yeah, I know it can be used that way, but its history makes it somewhat 
less suitable for some OSS projects and implementations.  While we 
wouldn't use signing or forms (for example), those implementations are 
highly proprietary and only supported by Adobe.


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