License Exceptions
Created at 10:58 Jul 23, 2004 by mike, last modified at 14:59 Jul 11, 2007
In addition, as the copyright holder of CUPS, Apple Inc. grants the following special exceptions:
- Apple Operating System Development License Exception;
- Software that is developed by any person or
entity for an Apple Operating System ("Apple
OS-Developed Software"), including but not
limited to Apple and third party printer
drivers, filters, and backends for an Apple
Operating System, that is linked to the CUPS
imaging library or based on any sample filters
or backends provided with CUPS shall not be
considered to be a derivative work or collective
work based on the CUPS program and is exempt
from the mandatory source code release clauses
of the GNU GPL. You may therefore distribute
linked combinations of the CUPS imaging library
with Apple OS-Developed Software without
releasing the source code of the Apple
OS-Developed Software. You may also use sample
filters and backends provided with CUPS to
develop Apple OS-Developed Software without
releasing the source code of the Apple
OS-Developed Software.
- An Apple Operating System means any
operating system software developed and/or
marketed by Apple Computer, Inc., including but
not limited to all existing releases and
versions of Apple's Darwin, Mac OS X, and Mac OS
X Server products and all follow-on releases and
future versions thereof.
- This exception is only available for Apple
OS-Developed Software and does not apply to
software that is distributed for use on other
operating systems.
- All CUPS software that falls under this
license exception have the following text at the
top of each source file:
This file is subject to the Apple
OS-Developed Software
exception.
- OpenSSL Toolkit License Exception;
- Apple Inc. explicitly allows the
compilation and distribution of the CUPS
software with the OpenSSL Toolkit.
No developer is required to provide these exceptions in a
derived work.
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