[Openicc] profile distribution / Adobe / ECI

[Jim Gettys]

I've bucked this one to a contact at Adobe, who is looking into this
problem.
			Regards,
				- Jim


On Mon, 2005-05-30 at 15:32 +0200, Gerhard Fuernkranz wrote:
> > Adobe
> > -----
> > Adobe offers free download, usage and some forms of distribution of 
> > their profiles at:
> > http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=2348
> > I understand, that the Adobe-profiles could part of the RPM, if the text 
> > of the Adobe-license is also provided.
> 
> The standard Adobe profiles would be pretty interesting. They are freely
> available, but unfortunately, the Adobe color profile license only allows
> redistribution on a standalone basis, or embedded in images, but *NOT*
> bundled with, or incorporated into any other software. I'm not even sure,
> whether packaging only the Adobe profiles in a separate RPM would be
> sufficient to comply with this restriction, if this RPM is placed on the
> same web page together with other software.
> 
> But I guess it would not be prohibited to supply a user-callable download
> script, which automatically fetches the file from the Adobe web site,
> unpacks the archive, and installs the profiles into the correct destination
> directory. This could be even done in the %post section of the RPM, but I'm
> not sure, if it is a good idea to connect to the internet automatically
> during RPM installation.
> 
> > ECI
> > ---
> > The ECI provides also free profiles at
> >
> http://www.eci.org/eci/downloads/ECI-de/iccprofile_der_eci/ECI_Offset_2004.zip
> > Wich are already part of several software-distributions for proofing and 
> > PDF/X generation.
> 
> They are interesting and freely available as well, but I'm also not sure,
> whether redistrubution is permitted. I could not find a statement regarding
> redistribution on the ECI web site, and the profiles do contain a Copyright
> tag. So I'd rather ask ECI first ...
> 
> Regards,
> Gerhard
>