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Re:PDF Is the World's Most Important File Format by nikofeyn on Friday May 03, 2019 @03:58PM (#19821725)
it would be much better if the djvu format, wholly superior to pdf for large files, wasn't locked behind a license.
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Re:PDF Is the World's Most Important File Format by jonathanyc on Friday May 03, 2019 @04:06PM (#19821780)
PDF has extremely developed vector graphics support as well as adequate compressed image support (e.g. you can compress using a bunch of methods as good as what DJVU uses for your purpose, including PNG and JPEG2000.)

AFAIK DJVU is a much simpler format primarily for scanned images, not vector graphics (which includes LaTeX-generated documents, mind you.) Could anyone with more knowledge about DJVU comment?

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Re:PDF Is the World's Most Important File Format by jwilk on Friday May 03, 2019 @04:50PM (#19822145)
Yes, DjVu has raster images under the hood.
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Re:PDF Is the World's Most Important File Format by jwilk on Friday May 03, 2019 @04:49PM (#19822136)
What do you mean by "locked behind a license"?
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Re:PDF Is the World's Most Important File Format by hcs on Friday May 03, 2019 @10:02PM (#19823837)
There are a few patents involved: http://djvu.sourceforge.net/licensing.html
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