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CUPS Purchased By Apple Inc.

Posted by kdawson on from the carry-on-printing-as-before dept.

Rick Richardson writes to note a posting on cups.org that reveals that Apple, which in 2002 first licensed CUPS for printing in OS X, purchased the source code last February and hired its main developer, Michael R. Sweet. Sweet writes: "CUPS will still be released under the existing GPL2/LGPL2 licensing terms, and I will continue to develop and support CUPS at Apple." There are no comments on the post. What exactly did Apple purchase? It was and is an open source project. Trademarks aren't mentioned.

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  1. Keeping Up With the Jones' by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    CUPS Purchased By Apple Inc. In a blind attempt to compete, Microsoft has announced they have purchased MUGS.

    What exactly did Apple purchase? Well, Microsoft doesn't know and Microsoft doesn't care ... gentlemen, the race to be the ultimate provider of a liquid serving technology has begun.
  2. CUPS web interface not up to par by qqaz · · Score: 5, Funny

    Clearly, Apple didn't like CUPS' poop-brown web interface. Their only option was to buy it and make it white/blue/brushed aluminum.

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  3. so you're saying... by sych · · Score: 5, Funny

    that this all comes down to RMS and some printer drivers... again? :)

  4. Pressure by kahei · · Score: 4, Funny


    I'd sa¥ th¥ app£id onsidrabl pr$$ur.

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