CUPS License Change Coming

Re:CUPS License Change Coming by cbhl on Friday November 10, 2017 @02:31AM (#15668518)

Does this mean that the *BSDs can adopt CUPS now?

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Re:CUPS License Change Coming by mnd999 on Friday November 10, 2017 @03:45AM (#15668715)

FreeBSD has had cups in the ports forever. Can’t see it being in base, it’s too big.

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Re:CUPS License Change Coming by klez on Friday November 10, 2017 @02:42AM (#15668548)

Couldn't they before? I'm pretty sure there's plenty of GPL code in the *BSDs (I'm sure there's emacs in FreeBSD's ports). Am I missing something obvious?

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Re:CUPS License Change Coming by mikebenfield on Friday November 10, 2017 @02:47AM (#15668562)

They strongly prefer to avoid GPL code as much as possible in the core system, and have on occasion gone to great lengths to use a non-GPL alternative. I haven't used FreeBSD in a long time, but as I recall ports are considered extra software, not part of the FreeBSD OS.

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Re:CUPS License Change Coming by floatboth on Friday November 10, 2017 @05:59AM (#15669129)

CUPS will stay in ports anyway, I really doubt anyone even wants it in base

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