Re: [tlug] Apple owns CUPS

["Josh Glover" <jmglov@example.com>]

On 04/08/07, Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen@example.com> wrote:

> Phillip Tribble writes:
>
>  > Hopefully the closed minded artist that Steve jobs is will continue
>  > to make it free.
>
> If he doesn't, who would ever notice (except for the name change,
> since I believe "CUPS" is a trademark)?  Some distro like Ubuntu will
> fork a free branch.  If Apple chooses to keep its improved code
> proprietary, you haven't lost anything, as the already released code
> will remain free.

Actually, I don't think Jobs even has that option, cf.

http://packages.gentoo.org/search/?sstring=cups

Note CUPS is GPL-2. :)

> However, I don't think you have to worry.  Apple has embraced openness
> in the infrastructure, and CUPS is definitely infrastructure.

See above, and ask Michael Smith(TM) about his experiences with Safari WebKit.

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Cheers,
Josh