Folks, 

CUPS has announced [1] they're going to release all future versions 
under the Apache 2.0 license, instead of the GPLv2+exceptions they used 
to use.

This appears to have some thorny implications due to license 
incompatibilities with GPLv2-only stuff, and the ramifications of 
bumping [L]GPLv2+ stuff to v3 for purposes of linking against 
CUPS.

Rather than several of us prattling on about what we think this might 
mean for Fedora [2], it seems prudent to ask actual legal folks about 
how to proceed. (FWIW, I suspect convincing Apple to dual-license CUPS 
isn't going to happen..)

BTW, my personal interest in this has to do with my involvement with 
Gutenprint. [3]

[1] https://lists.cups.org/pipermail/cups-devel/2017-November/017085.html
[2] 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/2L2FK52XUKXHVK23AOPMCTOW3PQCTL5Z/
[3] https://sourceforge.net/p/gimp-print/mailman/message/36108142/

 - Solomon
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Solomon Peachy                         pizza at shaftnet dot org
Coconut Creek, FL                          ^^ (email/xmpp) ^^
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur.

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