[Printing-architecture] ippusbd license

Michael Sweet msweet at apple.com
Tue Jun 24 19:06:22 UTC 2014


Till,

GPL3 is fine when linking against libcups (LGPL2).  I'm not 100% sure about the other libraries he'll need to use.

That said, I am not a fan of the GPL3 and would prefer this be released under GPL2.


On Jun 24, 2014, at 2:35 PM, Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 06/12/2014 02:45 AM, James Cloos wrote:
>> I though I sent a note about this earlier, but it looks like i did not.
>> 
>> When Daniel and I spoke before coding started, he said he wants to
>> release the code under GPL3.
>> 
>> Given cups' and cups-filters' licensing, is that acceptable to LF?
>> 
> 
> I am free in licensing the code of the OpenPrinting projects. LF is not
> requiring anything special.
> 
>> Even though I am a GNU maintainer, and thus support gpl3, I was
>> concerned about the compatibility issues, but could not dissuade him.
>> 
> 
> GPL3 or GPL3+ is OK for me if it does not conflict with the use of any
> of the libraries used by ippusbxd.
> 
> I suggest to get some more opinions on the printing-architecture list.
> Therefore I am CCing the list now.
> 
>   Till
> 
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