Folks,
CUPS has announced [1] they're going to release all future versions
under the Apache 2.0 license, instead of the GPLv2+exceptions they used
to use.
This appears to have some thorny implications due to license
incompatibilities with GPLv2-only stuff, and the ramifications of
bumping [L]GPLv2+ stuff to v3 for purposes of linking against
CUPS.
Rather than several of us prattling on about what we think this might
mean for Fedora [2], it seems prudent to ask actual legal folks about
how to proceed. (FWIW, I suspect convincing Apple to dual-license CUPS
isn't going to happen..)
BTW, my personal interest in this has to do with my involvement with
Gutenprint. [3]
[1]
https://lists.cups.org/pipermail/cups-devel/2017-November/017085.html
[2]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.o...
[3]
https://sourceforge.net/p/gimp-print/mailman/message/36108142/
- Solomon
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