Bug 1016241

Summary:	pdftk-2.02 is available
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Upstream Release Monitoring <upstream-release-monitoring>
Component:	pdftk	Assignee:	Jochen Schmitt <jochen>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	rawhide	CC:	jochen, k_a_r_l_o_, mjg
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Description Upstream Release Monitoring 2013-10-07 18:34:31 UTC

Latest upstream release: 2.02
Current version/release in Fedora Rawhide: 1.44-11.fc19
URL: http://www.pdflabs.com/tools/pdftk-server/

Please consult the package updates policy before you issue an update to a stable branch: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Updates_Policy

More information about the service that created this bug can be found at:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Upstream_release_monitoring

Comment 1 Jochen Schmitt 2013-10-12 14:34:38 UTC

pdf-2.0.x requires iText-5.x which is not supported on Fedora due a 
licensing issue. so there is not support for the pdftk-2.x series. In general
I think pdftk will not support in the future due the absence of the gcj
suport in futere Fedora releases.

Comment 2 Zirneklitis 2014-11-07 11:41:25 UTC

(In reply to Jochen Schmitt from comment #1)
> pdf-2.0.x requires iText-5.x which is not supported on Fedora due a 
> licensing issue. ..

What's wrong with GNU Library General Public License? The pdftk source contains file (pdftk-2.02-dist/java/pdftk/com/itext_replace_mpl_text_with_lgpl.sh) with following statement:

“
# The pdftk code is distributed with a GPL, and it links with the iText library.
# What is more, I have read many places that the GPL is incompatible with the
# MPL.  So I have replaced the above MPL/LGPL boilerplate with LGPL boilerplate
# in all iText java files as described in this original MPL/LGPL boilerplate.

”

pdftk is using very old iText library not the latest one. iTex library has been included in the pdftk 2.02 source distribution.

Comment 3 Michael J Gruber 2015-01-05 15:39:36 UTC

Jochen, could you please comment on whether the license issues are still there, in the light of comment #2?