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OpenPDF, a free PDF library with a LGPL / MPL license for Java

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OpenPDF is a Java PDF library, forked from iText

OpenPDF is a Java library for creating and editing PDF files with a LGPL and MPL open source license. OpenPDF is based on a fork of iText 4. We welcome contributions from other developers. Please feel free to submit pull-requests and bugreports to this GitHub repository.

OpenPDF version 1.0.5 released 2017-11-16

Get version 1.0.5 here - https://github.com/LibrePDF/OpenPDF/releases/tag/1.0.5

Previous Versions

License

GNU General Lesser Public License (LGPL) version 3.0 - http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html

Mozilla Public License Version 2.0 - http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/

Use OpenPDF as Maven dependency

Add this to your pom.xml file:

<dependency>
        <groupId>com.github.librepdf</groupId>
        <artifactId>openpdf</artifactId>
        <version>1.0.5</version>
    </dependency>

Background

Beginning with version 5.0 of iText, the developers have moved to the AGPL to improve their ability to sell commercial licenses. The OpenPDF project is a fork of iText 4, with a LGPL and MPL open source license.

Changes

This repo has the following changes from the old "original" 4.2.0 version:

  • compilation now also supports Java 8, but compatibility level in maven pom is set to Java 7
  • in the case of unexpected end of PDF file the IOException is thrown (not PDFNull)
  • merged patch from Steven to fix NPE in XFA Form (escapeSom method)
  • merged UnembedFontPdfSmartCopy functionality from Vicente Alencar
  • merged RTF Footer functionality from ubermichael
  • compatibility fix to support the newest (1.54) bouncy castle libraries based/inspired by flex-developments fixes
  • some NPE fixes and tweaked maven support

Contributing

Release the hounds! Please send all pull requests.

Dependencies

Required:

  • BouncyCastle 1.58
    • Provider
    • PKIX/CMS
  • PDFRenderer
  • DOM4j

Optional:

  • JUnit 4 - for unit testing
  • JFreeChart - for testing graphical examples
    • JFreeChart
    • JCommon
    • Servlet

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