borb

borb is a library for reading, creating and manipulating PDF files in python.

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borb is a library for reading, creating and manipulating PDF files in python.

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Sep 18, 11:00	2021-09-18 11:00:00 UTC	2021-09-18 12:00:00 UTC	1	1
Sep 18, 12:00	2021-09-18 12:00:00 UTC	2021-09-18 13:00:00 UTC	1	1
Sep 18, 13:00	2021-09-18 13:00:00 UTC	2021-09-18 14:00:00 UTC	0	0
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Sep 18, 15:00	2021-09-18 15:00:00 UTC	2021-09-18 16:00:00 UTC	1	1
Sep 18, 16:00	2021-09-18 16:00:00 UTC	2021-09-18 17:00:00 UTC	1	1

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mdaniel·Sep 18, 2021

I'd guess it's just a copy-pasta error, because all the source files contain the AGPL header text: https://github.com/jorisschellekens/borb/blob/v2.0.9.1/borb/... and https://github.com/jorisschellekens/borb/blob/v2.0.9.1/borb/... for example But the plot thickens! It seems the top-level LICENSE file was actually changed 13 days ago _away_ from AGPL https://github.com/jorisschellekens/borb/blame/master/LICENS... So, yeah, confusingly for sure

In Borb – A Python library to read, write, and edit PDF files

mkl·Sep 18, 2021

Confusingly, while the README says AGPL/commercial, the LICENSE file (https://github.com/jorisschellekens/borb/blob/master/LICENSE) says it's GPL.

In Borb – A Python library to read, write, and edit PDF files

pixelmonkey·Sep 18, 2021

The README in the GitHub repo for borb is a bit of a better explainer than this landing page (especially for Python programmers). https://github.com/jorisschellekens/borb/blob/master/README....

In Borb – A Python library to read, write, and edit PDF files

shakna·Sep 18, 2021

Page numbers are part of the PageInfo object within a PDF, but it looks like currently this is generated naively [0], so I don't think multiple numbering schemes are currently supported by this library. [0] https://github.com/jorisschellekens/borb/blob/master/borb/pd...

In Borb – A Python library to read, write, and edit PDF files