License
License
Aspose.PDF FOSS for .NET is distributed under the MIT License. No registration, API key, or license file is required to use the library in any project — commercial or non-commercial.
MIT License text
MIT License
Copyright (c) 2026 Aspose Pty Ltd
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE.The canonical LICENSE file is included in the NuGet package and in the
source repository.
What the MIT license permits
| Use | Permitted |
|---|---|
| Use in commercial applications | Yes |
| Distribute with your software | Yes |
| Modify the source code | Yes |
| Sublicense | Yes |
| Use without attribution in binaries | Yes (attribution in source copies required) |
No license activation required
Unlike proprietary Aspose editions, Aspose.PDF FOSS for .NET has no evaluation watermarks, page limits, or license file loading. Simply install the NuGet package and use the API directly:
using Aspose.Pdf;
// No license object or SetLicense() call is needed.
var doc = Document.Create();
doc.Pages.Add();
doc.Save("output.pdf");