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At 11:54 +0000 1998/12/15, Sebastian Rahtz wrote:
>in what way does the PDF specification differ from the TeX
>specification? Adobe control one, Knuth the other. Knuth gave away the
>source code of an implementation, Adobe only give away compiled
>versions. thats about it, probably.

Adobe is a commercial company; as far as I know, Knuth is not.

But otherwise, Knuth could probably do the same, ubless there is a contract
with the AMS prohibiting it.

> > I just point out how those things work
>are you a copyright lawyer, then?

Strange comment. You should of course contact your copyright lawyer when
you are in doubt. Then let us know.

  Hans Aberg
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