title: Custom-built iText version required by JasperReports library?
body: <p>I tried to add jasper reports library (<code>net.sf.jasperreports:jasperreports:5.2.0</code>) as a maven dependency to my project , unfortunately one of it's dependencies <code>com.lowagie:itext:2.1.7.js2</code> is a little bit untypical and cannot be located in maven central. I've found, however, that it's available at <a href="http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/maven2/com/lowagie/itext/" rel="nofollow">http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net/maven2/com/lowagie/itext/</a> .</p>
  
  <p>My questions are:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li><p>What is the purpose of jaspersoft custom-build of iText? Patches?</p></li>
  <li><p>Is it safe to use regular iText library, version 2.1.7 found in maven central repo?</p></li>
  </ol>