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Posted by Erwin Moller on 10/02/07 13:17
vic wrote:
> I was told by my host provider that I need to purchase a license from
> Adobe in order to use PDFLIB Lite. Is this true and do you know the
> cost? It seems that I read there is a commercial version and a lite
> version but there was no mention of a license.
>
> Thank You,
>
> Vic
Hi Vic,
I am not sure where you have been looking, but I Googled 'PDFLIB Lite',
followed the first link, clicked on 'license page', and found this:
http://www.pdflib.com/products/pdflib-family/pdflib-lite/pdflib-lite-licensing/
Sound pretty clear to me...
<quote>
PDFlib Lite is available under a license agreement which is
substantially different than the commercial PDFlib license. The complete
terms can be found in the PDFlib Lite License Agreement. Note that it
covers only PDFlib Lite, but not any other products. For your
convenience, here is a non-binding summary of the PDFlib Lite License
Agreement:
Royalty-free use
PDFlib Lite can be used for free if you are an open source developer.
This means that you must disclose the full source code of your project,
and make it available under an OSI-approved open source license (see
www.opensource.org). Note that "full source code" includes all
components of the project, not only those which are directly attached to
PDFlib Lite.
PDFlib Lite can be used for free if you are a private user.
PDFlib Lite can be used for free if you are a research user.
All other uses not mentioned here require a commercial license.
Redistribution
PDFlib Lite source code may be redistributed. If modifications have been
made these must be clearly marked as such.
PDFlib Lite may be redistributed in binary (compiled) form provided the
license, documentation, and programming samples are also included.
Alternatively, the documentation may be made available for free download
instead of including it.
For example, posting PDFlib Lite on a Web site is covered by the
license, as well as distributing it on a CD-ROM included in a book or
magazine.
Note that distributing PDFlib Lite under these conditions does not
necessarily give the recipient the right to freely use PDFlib Lite;
Using the software is still subject to the conditions listed in section
"Royalty-free use" above.
</quote>
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