* simo simo.sorce@xsec.it [2008-12-13 10:35:25 -0500]:
- KwangErn Liew ke.liew@gmail.com [2008-12-13 10:12:19 +0100]:
Not sure if it's applicable, but at work we use Foxit Reader http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php
Foxit is non-free software: http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_eula.htm
Then you should probably use the domain name freepdfreaders.org, or are you implicitly deceiving consumers ?
Do you have to explain everything in the URL? Than we should use: pdfreaderswiththefreedomtousestudyshareandimprove.org ;)
I think the text on the page makes it totally clear that we list only Free Software pdfreaders.
Many programs can read and write PDF documents, and there are good reasons why you would want to choose a Free Software PDF reader.
The most important is that your choice protects your basic 4 freedoms, which give you control over your computer and help protect your privacy. You might also want to promote the versions of PDF that are Open Standards, because Open Standards protect competition and choice.
There are many programs to read and write PDF documents. The following list of PDF readers is vendor neutral. All of them are Free Software:
And I would consider it immoral to list non-free software.
Best wishes, Matthias