Is the iTextSharp DLL free to use and redistribute with my web application project which i will be selling?
iTextSharp is licensed as AGPL software. AGPL is a free / open source software license. This doesn't mean the software is gratis!
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License version 3 as published by the Free Software Foundation with the addition of the following permission added to Section 15 as permitted in Section 7(a): FOR ANY PART OF THE COVERED WORK IN ...
What is ITextSharp? iTextSharp is a free and open source assembly that helps to convert page output or HTML content in a PDF file. Now add that DLL in the application. Getting Started: Start Visual Studio and create a new website in ASP.Net and add these 2 DLLs to the solution.
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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