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Posted Jan 6, 2005 19:47 UTC (Thu) by chohman (guest, #5519)
In reply to: Linux Beta by Stu
Parent article: Adobe releases Acrobat 7 with Linux reader support (ZDNet)

Looks like you need to sign up for a pre-release program??

http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html


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Posted Jan 7, 2005 4:25 UTC (Fri) by deatrich (subscriber, #25) [Link]

Yes, the link is in the second paragraph on that page.

I gave it a quick testdrive on FC 2 - it seems to work okay, though it is a bit of a memory hog. I haven't fully tested it yet though.

Windows users also complained about the resource usage, at least they did for version 6 :-)
inquirer article link about previous microsoft version

It's pretty slick though...

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Posted Jan 7, 2005 7:31 UTC (Fri) by ametlwn (subscriber, #10544) [Link]

I gave it a quick testdrive on FC 2
Could you tell me what license they used? Is it the same one as with acroread5 which forbids packaging as rpm or deb ("however, you may not otherwise alter or modify the installer program or create a new installer for any of such software")?

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Posted Jan 7, 2005 8:35 UTC (Fri) by deatrich (subscriber, #25) [Link]

As far as I can see the included license file 'AdobeReader/LICREAD.TXT' contains the usual acrobat reader requirements:
2.2.2 For information on how to distribute the Software on tangible media or through an internal network please refer to the sections entitled "How to Distribute Adobe Reader" at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/distribute.html

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