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Re: CUPS is now linked against OpenSSL



Matthias Klumpp <matthias@tenstral.net> writes:

> 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.

Apple appears to be against anything containing the phrase GPLv3, to the
extent that their employees were even forbidden from reading GCC mailing
lists once the project started considering GPLv3 patches.  Presumably
their lawyers freaked out about something in the license, possibly the
patent handling.

-- 
Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org)               <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>


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