On Friday 30 September 2016 16:12:59 Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Fri, 30 Sep 2016 15:51:27 +0100 > > Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> wrote: > > On Fri 30 Sep 2016 at 15:28:01 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > On Friday 30 September 2016 14:55:07 Brian wrote: > > > > It does indeed say this. The "C" is not equated anywhere with > > > > "Common". > > > > > > No. That is why I said "most of it", not "all of it". > > > > It isn't *any* of it. > > > > > If we are talking about British Institutions ... Do you even remember > > > Consignia??? Did you even for one moment stop calling it the Post > > > Office? Lawyers are one thing. What people are prepared to say > > > another. I certainly never heard anyone say "I'm popping down to > > > Consignia to post a letter". > > > > > > In that case, the people won of course. Consignia is dead, the Post > > > Office lives. > > > > > > CUPS was intended as Common Unix Printing System. UNIX is a trademark > > > so Apple couldn't use it. So, unlike for the name Apple itself, where > > > Mac lied to the court and seems to have got away with it, Apple > > > obediently stopped using the name and called it officially CUPS. We, > > > the people, continue to say Common Unix Printing System. > > > > ESP called it the "Common Unix Printing System". Apple doesn't. Why > > should the wishes (and rights) of one company be respected but not those > > of another? > > > > Apple has probably trademarked "Common Unix Printing System". The People > > can continue to say what they want but it does not change the fact that > > the official name of the software is CUPS. That is what Debian uses. > > CUPS package description says "The Common UNIX Printing System (or CUPS > (tm))" for me. So Debian Project uses "Common UNIX Printing System" as > well.
Thanks, Reco! Hadn't thought of that. : "lisi@Eros:~$ aptitude show CUPS Package: cups State: installed Automatically installed: yes [snip] Maintainer: Debian Printing Team <debian-print...@lists.debian.org> [snip] *****Description: Common UNIX Printing System(tm)***** - PPD/driver support, web interface ***** The Common UNIX Printing System***** (or CUPS(tm)) is a printing system etc." The stars are mine. It does indeed seem to call it Common UNIX Printing System!!! Twice!!! Lisi
