Re: [cups-devel] CUPS License Change Coming

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Le mardi, 7 novembre 2017, 15.05:19 h CET Michael Sweet a =C3=A9crit :
> Apple is excited to announce that starting with CUPS 2.3 we will be
> providing CUPS under the terms of the Apache License, Version 2.0.
>=20
> For more information about the Apache License, Version 2.0, please see the
> Apache Software Foundation licenses page at:
>=20
>     http://www.apache.org/licenses/

CUPS was so far licensed under what Debian nicknamed as "GPL-2.0 with AOSDL=
=20
exception"  [0] :
> (=E2=80=A6) In addition, as the copyright holder of CUPS, Apple Inc. gran=
ts  the
> following special exception: (=E2=80=A6)

Is Apple going with "pristine" Apache License 2.0 [1] without further=20
exceptions? This is going to make CUPS incompatible with GPL-2-only softwar=
e=20
[2,3]. My understanding it that it doesn't affect dynamic-linking situation=
s=20
(both software that CUPS needs, or software that need libcups*), aka not a=
=20
concern for distributors, but are there other potential impacts of this=20
license change that I'm missing ?

Cheers,
    OdyX

[0] https://sources.debian.net/src/cups/2.2.1-8/debian/copyright/#L50
[1] http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
[2] https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.en.html#apache2
[3] https://www.apache.org/licenses/GPL-compatibility.html
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