Re: [coldsync-hackers] file upload/download

[Christophe Beauregard <christophe dot beauregard at sympatico.ca>]

On Sunday 27 June 2004 23:46, David A. Desrosiers wrote:

> > Answer is quite clear - if we will have PDF reader on PDA, we should be
> > able to view PDF file, and may be many of them.
>
> 	Palm-based PDF readers do not read "native" PDF files (well, not
> officially).

Actually, the Adobe reader FAQ 
(http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/pdfs/palm_faq.pdf) says that it read 
PDF's on cards. It's not clear, however, whether or not it can read PDF's 
that haven't been "downgraded" for use on a PDA or what the consequences of 
reading an unconverted file might be... I suspect that trying to open an 
8MB PDF containing nothing but scanned court documents might hurt.

> > In practice our good friends at Adobe did this trick, of course. They
> > are smart guys.
> > http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readerforpalm.html
>
> 	...and more importantly, how can you do this in Linux/Unix, whilst
> not pissing off Adobe to the point where they slap you with the DMCA for
> reverse-engineering their "proprietary" document format to write a
> conduit for Linux, without their consent?

The usual way, and in a different country.

The DMCA has limited applicability outside of the USA and coldsync-hackers 
does have a strong international following. I'd be suprised if the 
Russians, for example, would be terribly concerned about Adobe and the 
DMCA.

c.
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