cups.org — In February of 2007, Apple Inc. acquired ownership the CUPS source code and hired me (Michael R Sweet), the creator of CUPS.CUPS will still be released under the existing GPL2/LGPL2 licensing terms, and I will continue to develop and support CUPS at Apple.
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predhmeJul 12, 2007
Apparently an entire website of information isn't enough. The article links to www.cups.org which defines what CUPS is right on the home page. Maybe before commenting on an article you could maybe read it?
counterplexJul 12, 2007
CUPS, which is what OSX's printing system is based on, is one amazing product. Congratulations Michael :) Does this mean you get a free iphone? :)
init100Jul 12, 2007
@SteveMax"Mozilla is a corporation that owns Firefox, Thunderbird, etc."Technically, you are wrong. All trademarks, copyrights, etc, are owned by Mozilla Foundation. Mozilla Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary that engages in revenue-generating activities for the benefit of the development of the Mozilla suite of applications.
corsairstwJul 12, 2007
This is BIG news. at <a class="user" href="http://linuxprinting.org/macosx">http://linuxprinting.org/macosx</a> there are a lot of OS X open source printer drivers that come from the linux variations. Any help from Apple with incorporating better printing into OS X is good news.Plus, OS X has used CUPS since 10.2, but this can only mean tighter integration.
cyphaseJul 13, 2007
My Epson Stylus Photo R300 works beautifully with Ubuntu and CUPS.
raccetturaJul 13, 2007
Hopefully that means network printing won't suck anymore.Currently windows allows printers to use any "port" including a network one, allowing for cheap network adapters to get your affordable USB printer on the network. Mac has the port solidified so they are USB only.
silpolJul 14, 2007
I don't like an idea that serious part of GNU/Linux is now owned by Steve-almighty-Inc. :(((