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

[Alfredo Calderon]

I agree with Dev's comments. 

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> On Aug 31, 2018, at 1:17 AM, Dev Anand Teelucksingh <devtee at gmail.com> wrote:
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> There is a difference between Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat.
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> 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)
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> 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
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> I suspect that's the issue.
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> Dev Anand
>> On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 9:38 PM Justine Chew <justine.chew at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Has anyone encountered anything remotely similar to what Christopher Wilkinson described below?
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>> Thanks,
>> Justine
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>> 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>
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>> Dear  Steve:
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> Is that OK? I am worried about it. Has ICANN anything to say to Adobe about this?
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>> Just a thought
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>> CW
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>> El 30 de agosto de 2018 a las 18:27 Steve Chan <steve.chan at icann.org> escribió:
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