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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.