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Re: CUPS is now linked against OpenSSL



2014/1/11 Andreas Metzler <ametzler@bebt.de>:
> Svante Signell <svante.signell@gmail.com> wrote:
> [...]
>> What are the chances of cups re-licensing (dual-licensing) to GPL2+?
>> This would be a step in the right direction. (in worst case use some
>> other software package than cups as default for printing)
>
> I'd guess minimal, iirc Apple has no love for GPLv3.
Changing this would only mean that CUPS forks have the option to be
distributed under GPLv3. I don't see a reason why Apple should be
against this.
But I guess a decision like this would run with low priority over there...
Cheers,
    Matthias

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