Am Mittwoch, 31. August 2011, 09:57:18 schrieb Matthias Kirschner:
Hi Hannes,
ok, I got your point, and I think it is valid. Just to make sure the criteria to be listed on pdfreaders.org would than be:
- Free Software
- running on a desktop computer
so they are competing with Acrobat Readers, Foxit, and other non-free software which is promoted on the websites.
Is the above correct? Than we should put that on the website and remove the online reader.
Regards, Matthias
I will take care of answering Paul. Maybe we should use this opportunity to also state that the pdf-reading component has to be free and that this condition rules out skim. What do you think?
Maybe an extra section on the About page:
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"Conditions for PDF-Readers"
To be listed on this page a PDF reading software must fulfil certain conditions. First and foremost it has to be Free Software[link to our definition]. This includes -- but is not limited to -- the software component responsible for rendering the PDF (e.g. Skim[link] does not qualify, because it uses a proprietary library for PDF rendering).
Currently we only cover regular desktop PDF-Readers. Software for editing, converting or creating PDFs is not listed; Software for mobile platforms is not listed and web-applications ("Software as a Service") are not either.
If you come across software that fulfils these conditions and is not listed, please let us know!
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What do you think? Maybe have translators look over it? [its late right now ;) ]