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THE ITEXT CORE LIBRARY IS AVAILABLE UNDER TWO LICENSING MODELS:

============ COMMERCIAL LICENSING ============

An iText commercial license provides advantages not available with the open-source AGPL license. Specific benefits include:

• Indemnification in the event of IP (intellectual property) or patent infringement
• Release from the requirements of the copyleft AGPL license, which include:
  • distribution of all source code, including your own product (even for web-based applications)
  • licensing of your own product under the AGPL license
  • prominent mention and inclusion of the iText copyright and the AGPL license
  • disclosure of modifications Release from the requirement to not change the PDF Producer line in the generated PDF properties
• Only commercial licensees have access to commercial iText support.

============ THE AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE (AGPL) ============

While the AGPL license has no direct financial cost there are clear requirements for AGPL use. Buying a commercial license is mandatory as soon as you develop activities involving the iText software without disclosing the source code of your own applications.