iTextSharp in version 4.1.6 (with previous licence conditions)

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I have an old project that is using iTextSharp library for PDF generation. iTextSharp DLL is added as reference to the project. iTextSharp was originally available under the LGPL licence. Some time ago the licence has changed to be AGPL (in release 5.0.0) that is copy left so you'd have to GPL all your code if you used it.

My problem is that I don't know when I downloaded the DLL file that is linked in my project. I don't know if the DLL is still under LGPL or it is already under AGPL. And that would mean that I have to GPL my project.

Is there any way to check what is the version of iTextSharp when you have only the DLL? Or what is the licence of it?

Or is there any place where I can download old version of iTextSharp that is still under LGPL so I'll be sure I'm not breaking the licence by not making my project GPL?

score 34 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 27 '11 at 00:32

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seems like iTextSharp maintainers removed iTextSharp 4.1.6 from SourceForge, anyway you can try to simply Google for "itextsharp-4.1.6.zip" to find alternative download sources

EDIT: here is the link for 4.1.6 dll: http://pdfviewernet.googlecode.com/svn-history/r55/trunk/PDFView/PDFView/lib/itextsharp.dll

edited Apr 27 '11 at 00:32

Rasto

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answered Apr 17 '11 at 12:44

Eugene

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-1 Of course I did try this before asking this question on SO with no success. If you can google better then I can please provide link to alternative download source that you have found. – Rasto Apr 18 '11 at 08:15
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here is the link for 4.1.6 dll: [http://pdfviewernet.googlecode.com/svn-history/r55/trunk/PDFView/PDFView/lib/itextsharp.dll](http://pdfviewernet.googlecode.com/svn-history/r55/trunk/PDFView/PDFView/lib/itextsharp.dll) – Eugene Apr 20 '11 at 12:23
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Great, thank you! If you edit your answer and put your link there I will delete my down vote (I cannot do it unless you edit your answer) and give you upvote instead. Maybe I'll also accept it. – Rasto Apr 24 '11 at 23:31
Ok I have edited your answer to include link myself so I could accept it. However it will take some time to the edit to be accepted by somebody with enough reputation. – Rasto Apr 26 '11 at 22:52
Can I use it for commercial purpose (4.1.6.0) ? – Phan Đức Bình Jan 02 '17 at 10:45

score 32 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 22 '12 at 18:03

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iTextSharp (LGPL / MPL) 4.1.6 is available via NuGet.

For more information, see http://nuget.org/packages/iTextSharp-LGPL.

answered Aug 22 '12 at 18:03

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score 5 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 15 '11 at 17:45

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Right click on the dll and go the Properties, under the Details tab it the version number should be listed.

answered Apr 15 '11 at 17:45

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Thank you! It looks like my DLL is already 5.0.1 so I should not be should it. Is there any way to download version 4.1.6 or lower ? – Rasto Apr 15 '11 at 18:28
you can download it here -> http://itextsharp.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/itextsharp/tags/iTextSharp_4_1_6/ click the "Download GNU tarball" link and build it yourself. But this version is no longer maintained. – JCasso Apr 15 '11 at 18:59

score 4 · Answer 4 · edited Mar 23 '16 at 10:16

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iTextSharp 4.1.6 has sources on github.

edited Mar 23 '16 at 10:16

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score 2 · Answer 5 · answered Apr 15 '11 at 19:50

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You can also check the PDF it generates' Document Info values, the "Producer" in particular. In Adobe Reader you hit ctrl+D and go to the first tab.

answered Apr 15 '11 at 19:50

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iTextSharp in version 4.1.6 (with previous licence conditions)

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