PdfLicenseManager

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Enrico Masala originally wrote an easy-to-use Java program to embed Creative Commons metadata into PDF files using XMP. This program is Free Software and does not require Adobe Acrobat Professional; furthermore, it can be modified fairly easily to run "headlessly" and insert the license XMP into PDF files automatically.

Usage instructions

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When you run the application by launching its JAR, you are greeted with this window. Choosing "File->Open" will let you select a PDF, and the drop-down Clicking on "Advanced" will show you the XMP embedded in the PDF. Choosing a license from the "Update License" widgets will, obviously, let you choose a license.

The program also has a command line interface that can be accessed by running the JAR with command line arguments.

Downloading a binary JAR

Getting and modifying the source code

You can check it out of our Subversion:

The main development happens in the "trunk" directory. You can also download the source and precompiled .class files in a ZIP file (without a bundled copy of iText; see the README for information on that).

Building a binary JAR

Just run "make pdflicensemanager.jar" in the trunk/ directory (or wherever else you have a copy of the source).

Version history

  • 2.3: April 8, 2008
    • Updated by Asheesh Laroia to refer to new Creative Commons namespace
    • Updated by Asheesh Laroia to rever to version 3.0 of the CC license suite
  • 2.2: Feb 7, 2006
    • Bug fix in updateLicense. It tried to append new nodes to the last “rdf:Description” instead of "rdf:RDF". Thanks to Mr. dOGMaTiC and Andres Gonzalez.
  • 2.1 Dec 4, 2006
    • Modified some info messages.
  • 2.0 Jul 12, 2006
    • Added a graphical user interface. Command line interface is still present.
  • 1.0 Jul 5, 2006
    • First release. Command line interface.

Historical notes