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CubeSoft

CubeSoft is a Japanese developer of free Windows utilities such as the CubePDF virtual PDF printer and the CubeICE archiver. Most of its software is open source and free for personal and commercial use, and it also sells a paid, bundle-free installer on an annual per-product fee.

Licensing at a Glance

  • Open source
  • Freeware
  • Subscription
  • Site or enterprise-wide

  1. CubePDF is provided as open source software and is completely free to use.[1]

  2. CubeSoft states that its free Windows software can be used by anyone, individuals or companies, for any purpose including commercial use, and that most of it is published as open source on GitHub.[2]

  3. A paid installer without bundled third-party software offers is available for 100,000 yen per year per product and can be used within the contracting organisation with no limit on users or installations.[3]

  4. In the cube.pdf repository, the CubePDF application and the Cube.Pdf.Itext and Cube.Pdf.Generating libraries are licensed under GNU AGPLv3, while the Cube.Pdf and Cube.Pdf.Pdfium libraries are licensed under Apache 2.0.[4]

  5. The free CubePDF download is offered after viewing an advertisement.[5]

Products

References

  1. CubePDF: Convert any file to PDF · cube-soft.com · retrieved 2026-09-27
  2. CubePDF シリーズ等の有償版および無償版について - Cube Lilac · clown.cube-soft.jp · retrieved 2026-09-27
  3. CubePDF シリーズ等の有償版および無償版について - Cube Lilac · clown.cube-soft.jp · retrieved 2026-09-27
  4. cube.pdf/License.md · github.com · retrieved 2026-09-27
  5. CubePDF: Convert any file to PDF · cube-soft.com · retrieved 2026-09-27
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