Hi, > Am 23.10.2015 um 14:35 schrieb Ralf Hauenschild > <[email protected]>: > > Ladies and gentlemen, > > I'm about to use PDFBox in a Java application, which will be published most > likely under OGL / GNU Licence. > > It's a bioinformatic open source research tool, available to everybody for > free. > > Do I have to buy any licence for PDFBox? > And would I, if the Java tool was commercial?
PDFBox is licensed according to the terms of the Apache License, Version 2.0. http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 <http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0>. In addition you can find some information about using Apache licensed software in GPL licensed software http://www.apache.org/licenses/GPL-compatibility.html <http://www.apache.org/licenses/GPL-compatibility.html>. Hope that helps to answer your question. BR Maruan > > Best regards, > > Ralf Hauenschild > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >
