<s>
iText	B-Application
is	O
a	O
library	B-Library
for	O
creating	O
and	O
manipulating	O
PDF	B-Application
files	I-Application
in	O
Java	B-Language
and	O
.NET	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
iText	B-Application
was	O
written	O
by	O
Bruno	O
Lowagie	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
source	O
code	O
was	O
initially	O
distributed	O
as	O
open	O
source	O
under	O
the	O
Mozilla	B-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
or	O
the	O
GNU	B-Application
Library	I-Application
General	I-Application
Public	I-Application
License	I-Application
open	O
source	O
licenses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
fork	O
of	O
the	O
LGPL/MPL	O
licensed	O
version	O
of	O
iText	B-Application
is	O
currently	O
being	O
actively	O
maintained	O
as	O
the	O
OpenPDF	B-Language
library	B-Library
on	O
GitHub	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
iText	B-Application
is	O
also	O
available	O
through	O
a	O
proprietary	B-Application
license	I-Application
,	O
distributed	O
by	O
iText	B-Application
Software	O
NV	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
iText	B-Application
provides	O
support	O
for	O
advanced	O
PDF	B-Application
features	O
such	O
as	O
PKI-based	O
signatures	O
,	O
40-bit	O
and	O
128-bit	O
encryption	O
,	O
colour	O
correction	O
,	O
Tagged	O
PDF	B-Application
,	O
PDF	B-Application
forms	O
(	O
AcroForms	O
)	O
,	O
PDF/X	O
,	O
colour	O
management	O
via	O
ICC	O
profiles	O
,	O
and	O
barcodes	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
used	O
by	O
several	O
products	O
and	O
services	O
,	O
including	O
Eclipse	B-Language
BIRT	I-Language
,	O
Jasper	B-Language
Reports	I-Language
,	O
JBoss	B-Operating_System
Seam	I-Operating_System
,	O
Windward	O
Reports	O
,	O
and	O
pdftk	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
iText	B-Application
(	O
formerly	O
rugPdf	O
)	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Bruno	O
Lowagie	O
in	O
the	O
winter	O
of	O
1998	O
as	O
an	O
in-house	O
project	O
at	O
Ghent	O
University	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
PDF	B-Application
document	O
application	O
for	O
the	O
student	O
administration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Preliminary	O
versions	O
lacked	O
most	O
modern	O
functionality	O
,	O
initially	O
only	O
featuring	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
read	O
and	O
write	O
PDF	B-Application
files	I-Application
,	O
and	O
required	O
developers	O
to	O
be	O
knowledgeable	O
of	O
PDF	B-Application
syntax	O
,	O
objects	O
,	O
operators	O
,	O
and	O
operands	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
the	O
library	B-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
Leonard	O
Rosenthol	O
,	O
PDF	B-Application
Architect	O
at	O
Adobe	O
,	O
lists	O
iText	B-Application
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
early	O
milestones	O
in	O
the	O
history	O
of	O
the	O
openness	O
of	O
PDF	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1999	O
,	O
Lowagie	O
disbanded	O
the	O
rugPdf	O
code	O
and	O
wrote	O
the	O
new	O
library	B-Library
named	O
iText	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lowagie	O
created	O
iText	B-Application
as	O
a	O
library	B-Library
that	O
Java	B-Language
developers	O
could	O
use	O
to	O
create	O
PDF	B-Application
documents	I-Application
without	O
knowing	O
PDF	B-Application
syntax	O
and	O
released	O
it	O
as	O
a	O
Free	B-Application
and	I-Application
Open	I-Application
Source	I-Application
Software	I-Application
(	O
FOSS	O
)	O
product	O
on	O
February	O
14	O
,	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
late	O
2008	O
,	O
iText	B-Application
became	O
available	O
for	O
proprietary	B-Application
license	I-Application
,	O
and	O
in	O
early	O
2009	O
,	O
iText	B-Application
Software	O
Corp	O
.	O
was	O
formed	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
worldwide	O
licensor	O
of	O
iText	B-Application
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
iText	B-Application
has	O
since	O
been	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NET	B-Application
Framework	I-Application
under	O
the	O
name	O
iTextSharp	B-Application
,	O
written	O
in	O
C#	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
it	O
has	O
a	O
separate	O
codebase	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
synchronised	O
to	O
the	O
main	O
iText	B-Application
release	O
schedule	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2020	O
,	O
iText	B-Application
celebrated	O
20	O
years	O
of	O
iText	B-Application
code	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
iText	B-Application
7.1.10	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
iText	B-Application
adheres	O
to	O
most	O
modern	O
day	O
PDF	B-Application
standards	O
,	O
including	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
iText	B-Application
was	O
originally	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
MPL/LGPL	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
1	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
iText	B-Application
5	O
,	O
the	O
license	O
was	O
switched	O
to	O
the	O
Affero	O
General	O
Public	O
License	O
v3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Projects	O
that	O
did	O
not	O
want	O
to	O
provide	O
their	O
source	O
code	O
(	O
as	O
required	O
by	O
the	O
AGPL	O
)	O
could	O
either	O
purchase	O
a	O
commercial	O
license	O
to	O
iText	B-Application
5	O
or	O
continue	O
using	O
previous	O
versions	O
of	O
iText	B-Application
under	O
the	O
MPL/LGPL	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
iText	B-Application
Group	O
NV	O
claims	O
that	O
during	O
the	O
due	O
diligence	O
process	O
to	O
prepare	O
for	O
iText	B-Application
5	O
,	O
several	O
IP	O
issues	O
with	O
iText	B-Application
2	O
were	O
discovered	O
and	O
fixed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenPDF	B-Language
is	O
an	O
active	O
open	O
source	O
project	O
released	O
under	O
LGPL	B-Application
and	O
MPL	B-License
,	O
that	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
fork	O
of	O
iText	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2007	O
,	O
SOA	O
World	O
Magazine	O
listed	O
iText	B-Application
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
ten	O
Open	O
Source	O
solutions	O
enterprises	O
should	O
be	O
using	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
James	O
Gosling	O
praised	O
the	O
iText	B-Application
library	B-Library
,	O
using	O
it	O
in	O
a	O
new	O
edition	O
of	O
Huckster	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
New	O
York	O
Times	O
also	O
used	O
iText	B-Application
to	O
create	O
PDF	B-Application
versions	O
of	O
their	O
public	O
domain	O
articles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
iText	B-Application
was	O
featured	O
at	O
Devoxx	B-Language
(	O
The	O
Java	B-Language
community	O
conference	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
,	O
Deloitte	O
nominated	O
the	O
iText	B-Application
Software	O
Group	O
for	O
the	O
Technology	O
Fast	O
50	O
Award	O
in	O
the	O
Benelux	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
,	O
iText	B-Application
won	O
the	O
BelCham	O
Entrepreneurship	O
Award	O
in	O
the	O
category	O
"	O
Most	O
Promising	O
Company	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
"	O
and	O
Deloitte	O
recognized	O
iText	B-Application
Group	O
NV	O
as	O
the	O
fastest	O
growing	O
technology	O
company	O
in	O
Belgium	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
iText	B-Application
was	O
also	O
featured	O
on	O
the	O
PDF	B-Application
Days	O
in	O
Cologne	O
,	O
Washington	O
DC	O
in	O
New	O
York	O
,	O
on	O
Java	B-Language
One	O
in	O
San	O
Francisco	O
,	O
on	O
Devoxx	B-Language
in	O
Antwerp	O
,	O
and	O
many	O
other	O
events	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
,	O
iText	B-Application
won	O
the	O
international	O
Business	O
Awards	O
-	O
"	O
Most	O
Innovative	O
Tech	O
Company	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
-	O
under	O
100	O
employees	O
2017	O
"	O
iText	B-Application
is	O
proud	O
to	O
be	O
honored	O
with	O
a	O
second	O
Silver	O
Stevie	O
in	O
the	O
International	O
Business	O
Awards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
,	O
the	O
American	O
Business	O
Awards	O
For	O
the	O
third	O
time	O
in	O
a	O
row	O
,	O
iText	B-Application
has	O
won	O
a	O
Bronze	O
Stevie	O
in	O
the	O
American	O
Business	O
Awards	O
in	O
the	O
category	O
"	O
Most	O
Innovative	O
Tech	O
Company	O
of	O
the	O
Year.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017/18	O
,	O
the	O
ITEXT	B-Application
GROUP	O
won	O
"	O
The	O
ELITE	O
Award	O
for	O
Growth	O
Strategy	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
-	O
Inc	O
.	O
5000	O
Europe	O
Award	O
2018	O
For	O
the	O
4th	O
year	O
in	O
a	O
row	O
,	O
iText	B-Application
made	O
the	O
Inc	O
.	O
5000	O
Europe	O
list	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
made	O
up	O
of	O
the	O
fastest	O
growing	O
private	O
companies	O
in	O
Europe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2019	O
,	O
iText	B-Application
won	O
a	O
Silver	O
Stevie	O
in	O
the	O
American	O
Business	O
Awards	O
for	O
"	O
Most	O
Innovative	O
Tech	O
Company	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
-	O
under	O
100	O
employees	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
ABA	O
win	O
,	O
iText	B-Application
was	O
a	O
National	O
Winner	O
of	O
"	O
Growth	O
Strategy	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
"	O
at	O
the	O
European	O
Business	O
Awards	O
.	O
</s>
