Is the iTextSharp DLL free to use and redistribute with my web application project?

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Shyju picture Shyju · Nov 19, 2009 · Viewed 26.8k times · Source

Is the iTextSharp DLL free to use and redistribute with my web application project which i will be selling?

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Christopher Galpin picture Christopher Galpin · Apr 16, 2010

Version 5.0.0 and up is licensed under the AGPL (strong copyleft).
Version 4.1.6 and previous are still licensed under the MPL/LGPL (weak copyleft).

So for a commercial product you'll almost certainly want to stick with 4.1.6 or previous.

Here's an archived unofficial citation.

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