Apple Acquired CUPS

[gnasher729]

Makes sense, buy the thing and keep it under (L)GPL2. With the ownership they can basically prevent it going under v3 which would make using it in OSX extremely difficult.

There is one problem with this theory: Since 2002, Apple has had a license that allowed it to use CUPS in MacOS X any way they like, without any GPL restrictions.

 

[iMeowbot]

There is one problem with this theory: Since 2002, Apple has had a license that allowed it to use CUPS in MacOS X any way they like, without any GPL restrictions.

The current exception is now fundamentally different. "as the copyright holder of CUPS, Easy Software Products grants…" was changed to "as the copyright holder of CUPS, Apple Inc. grants…" The latter state reflects an assurance that Apple will continue to enjoy their exceptions on all future versions of CUPS. The former does not.

 

[Billy Boo Bob]

Hmmm, that's pretty interesting. My next printer will hopefully be a Brother 2040 (nice simple laser printer) or the Brother 2070N which is essentially the same printer but with network capabilities. I'm hoping that without all of the extras, there won't be any software fluff that I have to install to get it working.

I just got a 2040... Went pretty easy... Installed the driver that came on the CD, but I don't know if I would have needed to if I had left the Brother drivers that came with Tiger... At the time of install I only put on Epson drivers, since that's the only printer type I had at the time...

Other Macs on the network picked right up on it with simply selecting it from Shared Printers. No driver fuss, no missing features (not that the printer is loaded with them). Prints nice... Fast for a 99 dollar laser.

 

[Kawasaki]

Interesting news