Presentation Choosing the iText Solution that is right for you: Community or Commercial editions
iText is free to use under the AGPLv3 license. But free doesn't mean free of obligations. This session gives a quick guide to (A)GPLv3 compliance (see annex).
Published on: 2012-05-07T13:04:59.000Z
Channel: iText Summit 2012 (all)
Tags: AGPL F/OSS pdf itext
Speakers:
Ywein Van den Brande
With his background of lawyer, information scientist and specialisation in economics, Ywein assists tech companies in all aspects of their business. He worked in Los Angeles and Brussels prior to founding the Brussels lawfirm Crealaw (www.crealaw.eu). Ywein is author of "Het Praktijkboek Informaticarecht", the International Free and Open Source Software Law Book (www.ifosslawbook.org) and co-founder of the International Free and Open Source Software Law Review (www.ifosslr.org).
PDF: slides.pdf
Slides:
iText Summit, 29/03/2012
iText
Summit,
29/03/2012
Choosing
the
iText
Solu0on
that
is
right
for
you:
Community
or
Commercial
edi0ons
Ywein
Van
den
Brande
ywein@crealaw.eu
Me & FOSS
Me
&
FOSS
www.ifosslawbook.org
www.ifosslr.org
www.crealaw.eu
iText Summit, 29/03/2012
iText
Summit,
29/03/2012
Choosing
the
iText
Solu0on
that
is
right
for
you:
Community
or
Commercial
edi0ons
Ywein
Van
den
Brande
ywein@crealaw.eu
FOSS & ©
FOSS
&
©
FOSS
Licenses
are
based
on
©
->
FOSS
is
soPware
to
which
users
generally
receive
more
rights
(freedoms)
via
their
license
agreement,
than
they
would
normally
have
with
a
proprietary
soPware
license.
->
However,
the
FOSS
license
condi0ons
need
to
be
respected
by
the
user.
FOSS
has
been
enforced
in
court
www.crealaw.eu
© iText bvba
©
iText
bvba
ICLA:
iText
Contributor
License
Agreement
www.crealaw.eu
© iText
©
iText
By
©
law:
-
No
reproduc0on
(even
in
part)
-
No
transla0on,
adapta0on,
arrangement
or
altera0on
-
No
distribu0on
Without
permission
of
iText
SoPware
Corp.
(California,
USA)
or
1T3XT
BVBA
www.crealaw.eu
© iText
©
iText
But
you
do
have
permission:
Community
or
Commercial
www.crealaw.eu
Community: Free as in freedom
Community:
Free
as
in
freedom
- You
may
run
GPL
soPware
->
no
acceptance
of
the
GPL
www.crealaw.eu
Community: Free as in freedom
Community:
Free
as
in
freedom
- You
do
more
with
iText:
- you
built
iText
in
your
applica0on
- You
distribute
iText
- ...
->
acceptance
of
the
GPL
www.crealaw.eu
Community: Free as in freedom
Community:
Free
as
in
freedom
SoPware
provided
as
is
-
No
warranty
-
No
support
www.crealaw.eu
Community: Free as in freedom
Community:
Free
as
in
freedom
If
your
applica0on
modifies
iText
or
is
based
on
iText
->
copyleP:
-
If
you
distribute
your
applica0on
(GPL)
- If
you
use
your
applica0on
in
a
network
environment
(AGPL)
(Art.
13:
"Notwithstanding
any
other
provision
of
this
License,
if
you
modify
the
Program,
your
modified
version
must
prominently
offer
all
users
interac
the
program
is
designed
to
accept
user
requests
and
send
responses
over
a
network
www.crealaw.eu
Community: Free as in freedom
Community:
Free
as
in
freedom
You
must:
-
Distribute
your
applica0on
under
GPLv3
or
compa0ble
(iText
remains
AGPLv3)
-
Distribute
a
copy
of
the
source
code
of
your
applica0on
(or
alterna0ve)
-
Distribute
a
copy
of
the
AGPLv3
- Respect
iText
no0ces
- ...
www.crealaw.eu
Commercial
Commercial
- Warranty
(e.g.
Indemnifica0on
in
the
event
of
IP
infringement)
- Support
- Release
from
the
community
requirements:
- - - - Distribu0on
under
GPL
Distribu0on
of
source
code
iText
no0ces
...
www.crealaw.eu
Commercial
Commercial
- A
trusted
supplier
long
term
commitment
- Nego0a0on
of
terms
www.crealaw.eu
Need more info?
Need
more
info?
Contact
Ywein:
ywein@crealaw.eu
@ywein
0494/50.46.99
Read
more:
Free
to
read
at
www.crealaw.eu
30%
discount
for
iText
par0cipants
(men0on
it
when
ordering)