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Old 18th June 2008, 04:09 AM   #8 (permalink)
DanMcS
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Originally Posted by Michael Morris
Loosest possible definition of website - a page with a URL. A PDF distributed online has a URL. If the PDF has a homepage that describes it to entice you to buy it (most do) then that too is banned.
Except that PDFs are explicitly mentioned as allowed licensed products, and additionally,

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Originally Posted by Section 4.2
Licensee may additionally utilize the Compatibility Logo in advertisements and marketing materials (including without limitation, website listings and catalogs) for Licensed Products,...
And again, the "homepage for a PDF" is not a licensed product, the PDF itself is. The homepage of the PDF, for instance, um, let me grab a random pdf ad page, is marketing materials, which are, again, specifically allowed.

So even if you read the license unnecessarily uncharitably, they explicitly allowed the cases you are complaining about.
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