From PC World: Google has started an open-source project for a PDF software library, which developers will be able to incorporate into applications designed for a variety of platforms.
The project, called PDFium, will also be wrapped into Google’s Chrome browser, replacing closed-source code, according to a post from Google’s Chromium project evangelist, François Beaufort.
The Chrome browser is mostly open source code, but parts of it have been closed for licensing reasons, such as Adobe Systems’ Flash plugin and a plugin for PDF files, wrote Peter Kasting, senior software engineer for Chrome’s user interface team.
“With PDFium, one of those major moving parts is now open as well,” Kasting wrote. “This is great for a lot of reasons. It reduces the number of closed pieces of Chrome, and thus the surface area for which people can be suspicious that we’re doing something shady.”
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