Reader extensions for non Enterprise businesses

Well let me be the first to say what an excellent idea it is to enable specific document rights inside an Acrobat form so that Reader will make this capability to the user.
We at AgentWerks want to leverage this ability to our profit and make data transmission simple for our customers. Our customers use a plugin that moves data into and outof GoldMine Business Contact Manager, a Customer Relationship Management product for small business. Specifically our plugin would be enhanced if our customers could send a Acrobat form to their clients and have their clients email the form data back to them. Our plugin would then move the data into GoldMine.
A document rights enabled form is just what the doctor ordered.
Most of our customers will never purchase LiveCycle Reader Extensions. Is there another way that Acrobat forms can be enabled? My choice would be programmatically by code contained in our plugin when the form is created. It would be acceptable that the enabling could only be used once. Any guidance will be appreciated. Do not leave smaller businesses out of picture.

I recommend you speak with a sales consultant who can best help you out with your product needs.
You can contact one via the following URL:
http://www.adobe.com/enterprise/contactus.html
Mike

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