Re: CUPS will change license since 2.3 version - now incompatible with GPLv2

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On Wed, Nov 08, 2017 at 08:32:50AM -0500, Solomon Peachy wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 08, 2017 at 07:45:28AM -0500, Neal Gompa wrote:
> > It will. Previously, it was licensed under GPLv2 + LGPLv2 with Apple
> > exceptions. Now it is ASL 2.0 across the board. GPLv2 projects can not
> > link to the newer version.
> 
> That will seriously affect Gutenprint if applied strictly.
> 
> OTOH, Gutenprint is GPLv2+, so it could be considered GPLv3 for purposes 
> of linking to ASL2.0 CUPS..

Just make sure that Gutenprint doesn't link to any other 3rd party
libs that are GPLv2-only - everything it links to would need to
be v2-or-later (or otherwise GPLv3 compatible) to allow the combined
work  to be considered GPLv3


Regards,
Daniel
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