Can we use iText for free?
Can we use iText for free?
To answer your question: iText can be used for free in situations where you also distribute your software for free. As soon as you want to use iText in a closed source, proprietary environment, you have to pay for your use of iText.
Is iText licensed?
iText is also available through a proprietary license, distributed by iText Software NV….iText.
| Developer(s) | iText Group NV |
|---|---|
| Type | Library |
| License | AGPLv3 Proprietary |
| Website | itextpdf.com |
Which is better iText or PDFbox?
One major difference is that PDFBox always processes text glyph by glyph while iText normally processes it chunk (i.e. single string parameter of text drawing operation) by chunk; that reduces the required resources in iText quite a lot.
Is iText paid?
You have to pay for it. To answer your question: iText can be used for free in situations where you also distribute your software for free. As soon as you want to use iText in a closed source, proprietary environment, you have to pay for your use of iText.
Does Jasper uses iText?
2 Answers. Jasper is a PDF library using iText for the generation of its PDFs. iText is a library for creating and manipulating PDFs.
Is MigraDoc open source?
MigraDoc Foundation is Open Source. You can copy, modify and integrate the source code of MigraDoc Foundation in your application without restrictions at all. This also applies to commercial products (both open source and closed source).
Does Jasper use iText?
Jasper is a PDF library using iText for the generation of its PDFs. iText is a library for creating and manipulating PDFs.
How much does an iText license cost per year?
They are solely based on volumes of documents processed and not on hardware configurations in production and non-production. Subscription licensing starts @ $1165/year for 10000 documents/year or less. There are many other levels, Contact Us for specific pricing for your situation.
Is the iText library free or open source?
Confusion about iText “licensing”. I have Bruno’s excellent “iText in Action” book from 2007 when it states that iText is a free and open source library. However today, there is an iText Web site that is charging lots (> $1,000) for a license.
Is it free to use iTextSharp for lglp?
For now it should be free, but maybe one day it could become commercial. As I know iTextSharp is not LGLP it’s AGPL, and AGPL is for commercial software not a good solution. Is that right? I cannot use iTextSharp (free) for commercial software?
Do you need the GPL to use iText?
This release is not jarred, nor officially released on the iText web site. The GPL does not require you to release your modified version, or any part of it. You are free to make modifications and use them privately, without ever releasing them.