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For those of you that are surprised that this is possible, "In February 2007, Apple Inc. hired chief developer Michael Sweet and purchased the CUPS source code.
by tsomctl 9y ago
For those of you that are surprised that this is possible, "In February 2007, Apple Inc. hired chief developer Michael Sweet and purchased the CUPS source code." (from Wikipedia)
- klez 9y agoNot only that. If I remember correctly, contributors also had to sign a contributor agreement which gave ownership of the code to the project. If they didn't, I guess they would have had to ask every contributor if they were ok with a license change.
- msh 9y agoor throw out their code i guess.
- wiz21c 9y agoWhich is a tough dilemma when you work on something for the love of it. Your work on code for it to be used, but if someone bullies you with something like : change your license or get lost, well, it's a tough decision. Now, in this case, CUPS on Apple product is not the only use of CUPS, but being able to claim your software runs in Apple product is certainly a nice to have.
- djrogers 9y agoIf I own something and I want to control the term of how it's used, that's not bullying. Isn't that exactly what licensing is all about in the first place? If that's 'bullying' then every OSS project with a license is also bullying...
- kalleboo 9y agoSomething that VLC did https://www.roguewave.com/resources/enterprise-blog/archive/vlc-license-change-a-lesson-in-perseverance#_edn4 https://www.roguewave.com/resources/enterprise-blog/archive/...
- chris_wot 9y agoIt goes to show you how old that article is in that I wrote that article and I flamed out of Wikipedia years ago.