Ulrich Telle wrote: > Hi, > > during the last 2 years I have developed a C++ library > (http://wxcode.sourceforge.net/components/wxpdfdoc/) for generating PDF > output > in wxWidgets (http://www.wxwidgets.org) applications. The starting point was > a > port of the PHP library FPDF (http://www.fpdf.org) to C++, but over the time > I > added features on my own. > > I'd like to enhance my library for example with features like bidirectional > text and digital signatures as they are found in your iText library. I would > like to know whether you would allow me to port portions of iText code to C++ > and if yes, under which conditions.
I'm forwarding this to the mailing list. I have looked at your project page at SF. I see you are using the wxWindows Library License. I think that library is compatible with the LGPL and MPL (but I'm not a lawyer). I would very much welcome a C++ port of iText. As a matter of fact, some people on the mailing list have asked me privately if there are plans in that direction. My answer is: I'd like a C++ port, but I don't have the time to write and maintain such a port. Your question is different. You'd like to port parts of iText to C++ for use in your software. Note that we have done something similar on different occasions. For instance: the inspiration for the hyphenation code comes from Apache FOP. In the past, we did the same with part of the BouncyCastle code. You find all this information here: http://itextdocs.lowagie.com/acknowledgments/ For instance: http://itextdocs.lowagie.com/acknowledgments/people.php?id=73 So if you are saying: I want to use iText as inspiration for implementing digital signatures, my answer is: sure; as long as you add iText in the acknowledgements and respect the license. Again, I'm not a lawyer, but the wxWindows Library License looks OK to me. I hope this answers your question. best regards, Bruno ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Buy the iText book: http://itext.ugent.be/itext-in-action/
