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]> 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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