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+iTextSharp (LGPL / MPL) 4.1.6
+=============================
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+iTextSharp is a port of the iText open source Java library for PDF generation written entirely in C# for the .NET platform. This repository contains the source code of the last version of the library released under the Mozilla Public License and the LGPL, before the project moved to the AGPL. You can use this version if you need a free PDF library for use in closed-source projects.
+
+NuGet package
+-------------
+
+A compiled binary of iTextSharp 4.1.6 is provided by the `iTextSharp-LGPL` NuGet package. To install it, run the following command in the Package Manager Console:
+
+    Install-Package iTextSharp-LGPL
+
+Updates and bug fixes
+---------------------
+
+This repository is frozen to iTextSharp version 4.1.6 and will *not* be updated.
+
+For more recent versions (available under AGPL and commercial licenses), please refer to:
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+- [Corporate homepage of iText](http://itextpdf.com/)
+- [Official NuGet package "iTextSharp"](https://www.nuget.org/packages/iTextSharp/)
+- [Official GitHub repository "itext/iTextSharp"](https://github.com/itext/itextsharp)