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> CUPS is owned by Apple CUPS was bought by Apple. It was originally GPL software and was incorporated into OS X a few years before Apple bought it. > Mach, O
by laumars 11y ago
> CUPS is owned by Apple
CUPS was bought by Apple. It was originally GPL software and was incorporated into OS X a few years before Apple bought it.
> Mach, OpenSSH, OpenSSL & Apache are not copyleft.
Fair point, I did actually mean open source in the more general sense than the copyleft subset of open licences.
> The success of Apple has nothing to do with the copyleft software they use....Now if you say "open source has been an integral part on the success of Apple", I would agree with that.
I sense you're nitpicking for the sake of nitpicking :) In any case, I think we agree the same point.
edit: why is this comment getting downvoted so much yet not one single correction posted? Please guys, don't just downvote because you dislike the tangent I started in my previous post. Take this comment in isolation and if you still disagree with me then explain why.
- carussell 11y agoSomeone has gone through and downvoted multiple comments that mention Apple's purchase of the rights to the CUPS code. I don't get it. To whomever is taking issue with this, could you, uh, you know... say why?