On Fri 30 Sep 2016 at 09:28:15 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 02:20:43PM +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 01:31:03PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > > > The "U" in CUPS officially doesn't stand for anything. The same applies > > > > to the "C", "P" and "S". > > > It also says most of it, definitely that U stands for Unix, on the home > > page > > of the CUPS web interface.: > > "CUPS 1.7.5 > > CUPS is the standards-based, open source printing system developed by Apple > > Inc. for OS® X and other UNIX®-like operating systems." followed by a > > large > > capital C containing the words "Unix Printing System". > > Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CUPS> has conflicting > information. At the top of the page, it claims CUPS stands for "Common > Unix Printing System", but without a reference. At the bottom of the > page, it claims: > > CUPS was initially called "The Common UNIX Printing System". This > name was shortened to just "CUPS" beginning with CUPS 1.4 due to legal > concerns with the UNIX trademark.[citation needed] > > This seems like one of those situations where Everyone Knows what the > truth is ("Common Unix Printing System"), but corporations and lawyers > require the Official Story to be a thin facade of lies. But that's just > my take.
Everybody knows what Xfce and KDE stand for. Which corporations and lawyers require a thin facade of lies here?
