[poppler] PDF 2.0 Spec (answer from FSFE)

[Leonard Rosenthol]

As a member of the board of the PDF Association - let me check in and see what we can do...

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From: poppler <poppler-bounces at lists.freedesktop.org> On Behalf Of Germán Poo-Caamaño
Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2019 8:49 AM
To: Leonard Rosenthol <lrosenth at adobe.com>; Tobias Deiminger <haxtibal at posteo.de>; poppler at lists.freedesktop.org
Subject: Re: [poppler] PDF 2.0 Spec (answer from FSFE)

On Sun, 2019-03-10 at 12:51 +0000, Leonard Rosenthol wrote:
> German, that is not entirely correct.   It is entirely based on the
> type/category of Liaison.  
> 
> The PDF Association holds the highest class (A) of Liaison with the 
> ISO and thus not only has full access to the drafts, but also has
> both voting and meeting attendance rights.   That's why I suggested
> it.

Maybe we are talking about two different things.

I am not arguing the PDF Association status in the ISO. I am arguing the Liaison membership in the PDF Association. In the link I cited, it clearly says that Liaison members of the PDFA do not have access to drafts of upcoming ISO standards.

If any of us would like access to the drafts by becoming a member of PDFA, then Liaison will not work for us. Unless there is missing information or they hold exceptions.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Germán Poo-Caamaño <gpoo at calcifer.org> On Behalf Of Germán Poo- 
> Caamaño
> Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2019 7:55 AM
> To: Leonard Rosenthol <lrosenth at adobe.com>; Tobias Deiminger < 
> haxtibal at posteo.de>; poppler at lists.freedesktop.org
> Subject: Re: [poppler] PDF 2.0 Spec (answer from FSFE)
> 
> On Tue, 2019-03-05 at 16:27 +0000, Leonard Rosenthol wrote:
> > Another organization option that is already a Class A liaison with 
> > ISO is the PDF Association 
> > (https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pdfa.org&data=02%7C01%7Clrosenth%40adobe.com%7Cbf307c9b6d6c496d76be08d6a6e91902%7Cfa7b1b5a7b34438794aed2c178decee1%7C0%7C0%7C636879917440112400&sdata=cYnrwdUYS7ePRW9Ws2CIgIQtwoT64QOAF7UNXWleEYU%3D&reserved=0).
> 
> Liaison is the one that fits better for non-profits organizations.
> However, that does not grant access to the ISO drafts.
> 
> Individual or Observer membership would be a straightforward mechanism 
> to obtain access to the ISO drafts. I am leaning to Observer because 
> is for organizations. I expect that would cost us around €750/year 
> because I assume that KDE ev and/or GOME Foundation are small size 
> organizations. Otherwise, we can try to get either organization to 
> fund some developers as individuals.
> 
> Here the details and costs:
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