That doesn't paint a particularly pleasant picture. Let's hope, for the
sake of those that have "bet the farm" on CUPS, that it maintains a more
independent status. I don't expect that anything can disappear from it
or that there will be a significant fork, but the Open Source community
*may* not see all future bug fixes or enhancements from Apple. Only
time will tell.
-Norm
Brian Gupta wrote:
> Here's the basic truth about Apple and OpenSource:
> http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200602/apple.html
>
> -Brian
>
> On 7/30/07, *Norm Jacobs* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
>
>
> A couple of weeks ago, Mike announced that Apple bought CUPS back in
> February and is now employing him. From what I read, Mike will be
> working on something other than CUPS (don't know what) at Apple, but
> will still be supporting CUPS. As for forking the code... For a while
> now, the licensing has indicated that Apple brokered a deal with Easy
> Software to maintain their own private fork of the code. FWIW, the
> license also appears to allow 3rd parties to develop closed source
> components on an "Apple Operating System"
>
> For more information
> http://www.cups.org/articles.php?L475
> http://www.cups.org/articles.php?L+TFAQ
>
> -Norm
>
>
> Brian Gupta wrote:
> > They have forked a closed source version for Mac OS X
>
>
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