Does anyone know of a fork of iText? [closed]

Solution 1:

There seems to be some sense that wanting to use or continue with the LGPL version is a personal affront to Bruno.

How about the fact that folks adopted the library because it was LGPL in the first place? Now a change in the package names and licenses is supposed to be ok and we should just shut up and live with it. That's called bait and switch.

Bruno can do what he wishes and it's understandable that the man wants some money for his efforts. If that's the best way to monetize his work then he should do so. However, that doesn't make those who want to use the original LGPL version pariah and wanting to move forward with a fork of that licensed codebase isn't being nasty.

Solution 2:

There are a number of problems with your request:

• The list of people who can maintain an iText fork is fairly short. I happen to be one of them. ;)
• The list of people who can maintain an iText fork and are willing to potentially thwart Bruno's efforts to finally make some money from iText is (was when this was initially written) zero. I am certainly not one of them.

So there are lots of folks floating around who would love some free (little 'f') code for their commercial app. They can use 2.1.7 and deal with any bugs, go it alone, share their source, or shell out some money.

(And yes, I realize the hypocrisy of maintaining an MPL fork while encouraging others to pony up some dough. I've tried to do that with my own company, but my efforts thus far have not born fruit.)