[technology taskforce] Fwd: Adobe, and .PDF files … (from CW)

[Carlton Samuels]

Dev's explanation sounds like it!

-Carlton

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On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 12:17 AM Dev Anand Teelucksingh <devtee at gmail.com>
wrote:

> There is a difference between Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat.
>
> Adobe Reader which is the free PDF reader to view, search, markup,
> print PDFs . You can download it at https://get.adobe.com/reader/ (be
> sure to uncheck the bundled offers)
>
> Adobe Acrobat allows you to edit, convert, and sign PDFs (in addition
> to viewing PDFs) - this requires a subscription to Adobe
> https://acrobat.adobe.com/us/en/acrobat.html
>
> I suspect that's the issue.
>
> Dev Anand
> On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 9:38 PM Justine Chew <justine.chew at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Has anyone encountered anything remotely similar to what Christopher
> Wilkinson described below?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Justine
> > -----
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> > From: lists at christopherwilkinson.eu Wilkinson <
> lists at christopherwilkinson.eu>
> > Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2018, 04:39
> > Subject: [Gnso-newgtld-wg] Adobe, and .PDF files …
> > To: <gnso-newgtld-wg at icann.org>, Steve Chan <steve.chan at icann.org>
> > Cc: <cw at christopherwilkinson.eu>
> >
> >
> > Dear  Steve:
> >
> > I find that, recently, Adobe has been requiring us to create a kind of
> personal 'membership' of Adobe before allowing us to open a .PDF file. The
> potential ramifications are far reaching.
> >
> > If we all continue to use .PDF files to communicate substantial
> documents (as I have also done so until recently)  then in due course the
> whole of the ICANN community will have to become nolens volens  'members'
> of Adobe.
> >
> > Is that OK? I am worried about it. Has ICANN anything to say to Adobe
> about this?
> >
> > Just a thought
> >
> > CW
> >
> > El 30 de agosto de 2018 a las 18:27 Steve Chan <steve.chan at icann.org>
> escribió:
> >
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