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There are several ways you can obtain the PDFBox binaries or sources:

• Download Apache PDFBox
• Download Apache FontBox
• Download Apache JempBox
• Get the source from the Subversion repository
• Download old releases

See also the export control information related to the encryption features included in Apache PDFBox.

PDFBox is an open source Java library for working with PDF documents.

This 0.8.0-incubating release is the first PDFBox release made at the Apache Software Foundation. There are a lot of changes since the last version. See the release notes below for further details. If you've used PDFBox before, you need to update all your client code to use the renamed PDFBox packages.

The -incubating label included in the version number reflects the incubation status of the project. See the disclaimer below for more about incubation.

See the release notes for more details.

Apache FontBox is an open source Java library for working with PDF fonts.

This 0.8.0-incubating release is the first FontBox release made at the Apache Software Foundation. The most notable change since the previous release (0.2.0) is the renaming of all Java packages from org.fontbox to org.apache.fontbox. If you've used FontBox before, you need to update all your client code to use the renamed FontBox packages.

The version number of FontBox was upgraded from 0.2.0 to 0.8.0 to better match the version numbering of Apache PDFBox. The -incubating label included in the version number reflects the incubation status of the project. See the disclaimer below for more about incubation.

See the release notes for more details.

Apache JempBox is an open source Java library for working with XMP metadata.

The 0.8.0-incubating release is the first JempBox release made at the Apache Software Foundation. The most notable change since the previous release (0.2.0) is the renaming of all Java packages from org.jempbox to org.apache.jempbox. If you've used JempBox before, you need to update all your client code to use the renamed JempBox packages.

The version number of JempBox was upgraded from 0.2.0 to 0.8.0 to better match the version numbering of Apache PDFBox. The -incubating label included in the version number reflects the incubation status of the project.

See the release notes for more details.

To fetch the latest source code from the trunk in the Subversion repository, just run the following command:

svn checkout http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/pdfbox/trunk/

You can also browse the Subversion repository using ViewVC:

The old releases (up to version 0.7.3) published from SourceForge are still available. They can be downloaded from this location:

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=78314

This distribution includes cryptographic software. The country in which you currently reside may have restrictions on the import, possession, use, and/or re-export to another country, of encryption software. BEFORE using any encryption software, please check your country's laws, regulations and policies concerning the import, possession, or use, and re-export of encryption software, to see if this is permitted. See <http://www.wassenaar.org/> for more information.

The U.S. Government Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), has classified this software as Export Commodity Control Number (ECCN) 5D002.C.1, which includes information security software using or performing cryptographic functions with asymmetric algorithms. The form and manner of this Apache Software Foundation distribution makes it eligible for export under the License Exception ENC Technology Software Unrestricted (TSU) exception (see the BIS Export Administration Regulations, Section 740.13) for both object code and source code.

The following provides more details on the included cryptographic software: