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Topic: Print Limits in Acrobat Reader
Conf: (P-PDF) Developers, Msg: 72487
From: DanielAri
Date: 9/17/2002 01:09 AM

According to the Reader license I signed (a new one may be different), licensee may not use the Acrobat Key (that makes a plug-in work in Acrobat Reader) that does any of the following functions (I will just quote one):
(ii) Modifies or saves any file
(including without limitation PDF (Portable
Document Format), FDF (Forms Data Format), or
annotation files) or enables another local or
remote application or server to do the same;
provided, however, that the restriction in this
Section 2(a)(ii) shall not apply to Document-
Independent Preferences which, for the purposes
of this provision, means data used by the plug-in
to set options, such as highlight color or default
display font, that apply for all documents;

Modifying or saving any file is forbidden, as is enabling an application or server to do the same. The exception is for "Document-Independent Preferences" that apply for all documents.

There is a special license for DRM vendors who want to make DRM plug-ins. I don't know the terms, but I do know that it is expensive. The DRM license may cover you, but the regular $100 Reader plug-in license clearly will not.

Regards,
Dan-Ari