Apple bought CUPS

Everyone knows that Mac OS X is derived from BSD. Therefore, software developed for * NIX-systems can be practically easily ported to Mac OS X. Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) - one of these applications - is built into Mac OS X, although you might not have suspected it, yes and do not know about its existence at all.



CUPS was written by Michael R Sweet and released under a free, open source license. But according to Michael’s entry on CUPS on July 11, the source code is no longer his property. In a short note , it was written that Apple acquired the CUPS code and became its owner, and Sweet invited me to work. At the same time, CUPS will be further licensed under GPL2 / LGPL2.



On the Frequently Asked Questions page , Sweet replies that he is now working on other projects, but he will still be engaged in developing and supporting CUPS.

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via Slashdot