Re: Canon printer minor quibble
On Fri 30 Sep 2016 at 09:28:15 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> 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.
Everybody knows what Xfce and KDE stand for. Which corporations and
lawyers require a thin facade of lies here?
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