Is there any licensing issue with iText Jar being used in Birt Runtime? #919
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Want to understand that Is there any licensing issue with iText Jar being used in Birt Runtime? |
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The version of iText used in Birt versions before 4.9 is licensed under MPL/LGPL. Does this answer your question? |
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Ther Birt we are using internally use the com.lowagie.text_2.1.7.v201004222200.jar, Do we need to pay anything to anybody for commercial use? |
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Sorry, I will not give you any legal advice |
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Ok Can you tell me a bit about MPL/LGPL, I a bit new for this. |
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There is no short answer to this question and far wiser people then me has tried to explain the implications of various copyleft licenses. I encourage you to do some deep digging on the internet. |
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The version of iText used in Birt versions before 4.9 is licensed under MPL/LGPL.
Birt 4.9.0 is using OpenPDF which is also licensed under MPL/LGPL.
Does this answer your question?