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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/thread/2L2FK52XUKXHVK23AOPMCTOW3PQCTL5Z/ [3] https://sourceforge.net/p/gimp-print/mailman/message/36108142/ - Solomon -- Solomon Peachy pizza at shaftnet dot org Coconut Creek, FL ^^ (email/xmpp) ^^ Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.
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