Re: Canon printer minor quibble
On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 02:20:43PM +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 01:31:03PM +0100, Brian wrote:
> > > The "U" in CUPS officially doesn't stand for anything. The same applies
> > > to the "C", "P" and "S".
> It also says most of it, definitely that U stands for Unix, on the home page
> of the CUPS web interface.:
> "CUPS 1.7.5
> CUPS is the standards-based, open source printing system developed by Apple
> Inc. for OS® X and other UNIX®-like operating systems." followed by a large
> capital C containing the words "Unix Printing System".
Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CUPS> has conflicting
information. At the top of the page, it claims CUPS stands for "Common
Unix Printing System", but without a reference. At the bottom of the
page, it claims:
CUPS was initially called "The Common UNIX Printing System". This
name was shortened to just "CUPS" beginning with CUPS 1.4 due to legal
concerns with the UNIX trademark.[citation needed]
This seems like one of those situations where Everyone Knows what the
truth is ("Common Unix Printing System"), but corporations and lawyers
require the Official Story to be a thin facade of lies. But that's just
my take.
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