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4744bd90 | 2 | <!-- SECTION: Getting Started --> |
ef416fc2 | 3 | <HEAD> |
4744bd90 | 4 | <TITLE>Software License Agreement</TITLE> |
ef416fc2 | 5 | </HEAD> |
4744bd90 | 6 | <BODY> |
ef416fc2 | 7 | |
8 | <P ALIGN="CENTER">Copyright 1997-2006 by Easy Software Products<BR> | |
9 | 44141 AIRPORT VIEW DR STE 204<BR> | |
10 | HOLLYWOOD, MARYLAND 20636 USA<BR> | |
11 | <BR> | |
12 | Voice: +1.301.373.9600<BR> | |
13 | Email: <A HREF="mailto:cups-info@cups.org">cups-info@cups.org</A><BR> | |
14 | WWW: <A HREF="http://www.cups.org">http://www.cups.org</A> | |
15 | ||
4744bd90 | 16 | <H2 CLASS="title"><A NAME="INTRO">Introduction</A></H2> |
ef416fc2 | 17 | |
18 | <P>The Common UNIX Printing System<SUP>TM</SUP>, | |
19 | ("CUPS<SUP>TM</SUP>"), is provided under the GNU General Public | |
20 | License ("GPL") and GNU Library General Public License ("LGPL"), | |
21 | Version 2, with exceptions for Apple operating systems and the | |
22 | OpenSSL toolkit. A copy of the exceptions and licenses follow | |
4744bd90 | 23 | this introduction.</P> |
ef416fc2 | 24 | |
25 | <P>The GNU LGPL applies to the CUPS API library, located in the | |
26 | "cups" subdirectory of the CUPS source distribution and in the | |
27 | "cups" include directory and library files in the binary | |
28 | distributions. The GNU GPL applies to the remainder of the CUPS | |
29 | distribution, including the "pdftops" filter which is based upon | |
4744bd90 | 30 | Xpdf and the CUPS imaging library.</P> |
ef416fc2 | 31 | |
32 | <P>For those not familiar with the GNU GPL, the license basically | |
4744bd90 | 33 | allows you to:</P> |
ef416fc2 | 34 | |
35 | <UL> | |
36 | ||
37 | <LI>Use the CUPS software at no charge.</LI> | |
38 | ||
39 | <LI>Distribute verbatim copies of the software in source | |
40 | or binary form.</LI> | |
41 | ||
42 | <LI>Sell verbatim copies of the software for a media | |
43 | fee, or sell support for the software.</LI> | |
44 | ||
45 | <LI>Distribute or sell printer drivers and filters that | |
46 | use CUPS so long as source code is made available under | |
47 | the GPL.</LI> | |
48 | ||
49 | </UL> | |
50 | ||
4744bd90 | 51 | <P>What this license <EM>does not</EM> allow you to do is make |
ef416fc2 | 52 | changes or add features to CUPS and then sell a binary |
4744bd90 | 53 | distribution without source code. You must provide source for any |
54 | new drivers, changes, or additions to the software, and all code | |
55 | must be provided under the GPL or LGPL as appropriate. The only | |
56 | exceptions to this are the portions of the CUPS software covered | |
57 | by the Apple operating system license exceptions outlined later | |
58 | in this license agreement.</P> | |
ef416fc2 | 59 | |
60 | <P>The GNU LGPL relaxes the "link-to" restriction, allowing you | |
4744bd90 | 61 | to develop applications that use the CUPS API library under other |
62 | licenses and/or conditions as appropriate for your | |
63 | application.</P> | |
ef416fc2 | 64 | |
4744bd90 | 65 | |
66 | <H2 CLASS="title"><A NAME="EXCEPTIONS">License Exceptions</A></H2> | |
ef416fc2 | 67 | |
68 | <P>In addition, as the copyright holder of CUPS, Easy Software | |
4744bd90 | 69 | Products grants the following special exceptions:</P> |
ef416fc2 | 70 | |
71 | <OL> | |
72 | ||
73 | <LI><B>Apple Operating System Development License | |
74 | Exception</B>; | |
75 | ||
76 | <OL TYPE="a"> | |
77 | ||
78 | <LI>Software that is developed by any person or | |
79 | entity for an Apple Operating System ("Apple | |
80 | OS-Developed Software"), including but not | |
81 | limited to Apple and third party printer | |
82 | drivers, filters, and backends for an Apple | |
83 | Operating System, that is linked to the CUPS | |
84 | imaging library or based on any sample filters | |
85 | or backends provided with CUPS shall not be | |
86 | considered to be a derivative work or collective | |
87 | work based on the CUPS program and is exempt | |
88 | from the mandatory source code release clauses | |
89 | of the GNU GPL. You may therefore distribute | |
90 | linked combinations of the CUPS imaging library | |
91 | with Apple OS-Developed Software without | |
92 | releasing the source code of the Apple | |
93 | OS-Developed Software. You may also use sample | |
94 | filters and backends provided with CUPS to | |
95 | develop Apple OS-Developed Software without | |
96 | releasing the source code of the Apple | |
97 | OS-Developed Software.</LI> | |
98 | ||
99 | <LI>An Apple Operating System means any | |
100 | operating system software developed and/or | |
101 | marketed by Apple Computer, Inc., including but | |
102 | not limited to all existing releases and | |
103 | versions of Apple's Darwin, Mac OS X, and Mac OS | |
104 | X Server products and all follow-on releases and | |
105 | future versions thereof.</LI> | |
106 | ||
107 | <LI>This exception is only available for Apple | |
108 | OS-Developed Software and does not apply to | |
109 | software that is distributed for use on other | |
110 | operating systems.</LI> | |
111 | ||
112 | <LI>All CUPS software that falls under this | |
113 | license exception have the following text at the | |
114 | top of each source file: | |
115 | ||
116 | <BLOCKQUOTE>This file is subject to the Apple | |
117 | OS-Developed Software | |
118 | exception.</BLOCKQUOTE></LI> | |
119 | ||
120 | </OL> | |
121 | ||
122 | <LI><B>OpenSSL Toolkit License Exception</B>; | |
123 | ||
124 | <OL TYPE="a"> | |
125 | ||
126 | <LI>Easy Software Products explicitly allows the | |
127 | compilation and distribution of the CUPS | |
128 | software with the OpenSSL Toolkit.</LI> | |
129 | ||
130 | </OL> | |
131 | ||
132 | </OL> | |
133 | ||
134 | <P>No developer is required to provide these exceptions in a | |
4744bd90 | 135 | derived work.</P> |
136 | ||
ef416fc2 | 137 | |
4744bd90 | 138 | <H2 CLASS="title"><A NAME="TRADEMARKS">Trademarks</A></H2> |
ef416fc2 | 139 | |
140 | <P>Easy Software Products has trademarked the Common UNIX | |
4744bd90 | 141 | Printing System, CUPS, and CUPS logo. You may use these names and |
142 | logos in any direct port or binary distribution of CUPS. Please | |
143 | contact Easy Software Products for written permission to use them | |
144 | in derivative products. Our intention is to protect the value of | |
145 | these trademarks and ensure that any derivative product meets the | |
146 | same high-quality standards as the original.</P> | |
ef416fc2 | 147 | |
4744bd90 | 148 | |
149 | <H2 CLASS="title"><A NAME="BINARY">Binary Distribution Rights</A></H2> | |
ef416fc2 | 150 | |
151 | <P>Easy Software Products also sells rights to the CUPS source | |
152 | code under a binary distribution license for vendors that are | |
153 | unable to release source code for their drivers, additions, and | |
4744bd90 | 154 | modifications to CUPS under the GNU GPL and LGPL. For information |
155 | please contact us at the address shown above.</P> | |
ef416fc2 | 156 | |
157 | <P>The Common UNIX Printing System provides a "pdftops" filter | |
158 | that is based on the Xpdf software. For binary distribution | |
4744bd90 | 159 | licensing of this software, please contact:</P> |
ef416fc2 | 160 | |
161 | <BLOCKQUOTE> | |
162 | Derek B. Noonburg<BR> | |
4744bd90 | 163 | Email: <A HREF="mailto:derekn@glyphandcog.com">derekn@glyphandcog.com</A><BR> |
164 | WWW: <A HREF="http://www.glyphandcog.com/">http://www.glyphandcog.com/</A> | |
ef416fc2 | 165 | </BLOCKQUOTE> |
166 | ||
ef416fc2 | 167 | |
4744bd90 | 168 | <H2 CLASS="title"><A NAME="SUPPORT">Support</A></H2> |
169 | ||
170 | <P>Easy Software Products sells software support for CUPS as well | |
171 | as a commercial printing product based on CUPS called ESP Print | |
172 | Pro. You can find out more at our web site:</P> | |
ef416fc2 | 173 | |
174 | <UL><PRE> | |
175 | <A HREF="http://www.easysw.com/">http://www.easysw.com/</A> | |
176 | </PRE></UL> | |
177 | ||
4744bd90 | 178 | |
179 | <H2 CLASS="title"><A NAME="GPL">GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE</A></H2> | |
ef416fc2 | 180 | |
181 | <P>Version 2, June 1991 | |
182 | ||
183 | <PRE> | |
184 | Copyright 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc. | |
185 | 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA | |
186 | ||
187 | Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim | |
188 | copies of this license document, but changing it is not allowed. | |
189 | </PRE> | |
190 | ||
4744bd90 | 191 | <H3>Preamble</H3> |
ef416fc2 | 192 | |
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242 | TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION</H3> | |
ef416fc2 | 243 | |
244 | <OL START="0"> | |
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450 | </OL> | |
451 | ||
4744bd90 | 452 | <H3>NO WARRANTY</H3> |
ef416fc2 | 453 | |
454 | <OL START="11"> | |
455 | ||
456 | <LI>BECAUSE THE PROGRAM IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY | |
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474 | POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. | |
475 | ||
476 | </OL> | |
477 | ||
4744bd90 | 478 | <H3>END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS</H3> |
ef416fc2 | 479 | |
4744bd90 | 480 | <H3>How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs</H3> |
ef416fc2 | 481 | |
482 | <P>If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest | |
483 | possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it | |
484 | free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these terms. | |
485 | ||
486 | <P>To do so, attach the following notices to the program. It is safest | |
487 | to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively | |
488 | convey the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least | |
489 | the "copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found. | |
490 | ||
491 | <PRE> | |
492 | <VAR>one line to give the program's name and an idea of what it does.</VAR> | |
493 | Copyright (C) <VAR>yyyy</VAR> <VAR>name of author</VAR> | |
494 | ||
495 | This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or | |
496 | modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License | |
497 | as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 | |
498 | of the License, or (at your option) any later version. | |
499 | ||
500 | This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, | |
501 | but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of | |
502 | MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the | |
503 | GNU General Public License for more details. | |
504 | ||
505 | You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License | |
506 | along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software | |
507 | Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. | |
508 | </PRE> | |
509 | ||
510 | <P>Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail. | |
511 | ||
512 | <P>If the program is interactive, make it output a short notice like this | |
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1012 | RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A | |
1013 | FAILURE OF THE LIBRARY TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER SOFTWARE), EVEN IF | |
1014 | SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH | |
1015 | DAMAGES. | |
1016 | ||
4744bd90 | 1017 | <H3>END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS</H3> |
ef416fc2 | 1018 | |
4744bd90 | 1019 | <H3>How to Apply These Terms to Your New Libraries</H3> |
ef416fc2 | 1020 | |
1021 | <P>If you develop a new library, and you want it to be of the greatest | |
1022 | possible use to the public, we recommend making it free software that | |
1023 | everyone can redistribute and change. You can do so by permitting | |
1024 | redistribution under these terms (or, alternatively, under the terms of the | |
1025 | ordinary General Public License). | |
1026 | ||
1027 | <P>To apply these terms, attach the following notices to the library. It is | |
1028 | safest to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively | |
1029 | convey the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least the | |
1030 | "copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found. | |
1031 | ||
1032 | <PRE> | |
1033 | <VAR>one line to give the library's name and an idea of what it does.</VAR> | |
1034 | Copyright (C) <VAR>year</VAR> <VAR>name of author</VAR> | |
1035 | ||
1036 | This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or | |
1037 | modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public | |
1038 | License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either | |
1039 | version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. | |
1040 | ||
1041 | This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, | |
1042 | but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of | |
1043 | MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU | |
1044 | Lesser General Public License for more details. | |
1045 | ||
1046 | You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public | |
1047 | License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software | |
1048 | Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA | |
1049 | </PRE> | |
1050 | ||
1051 | <P>Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail. | |
1052 | ||
1053 | <P>You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or your | |
1054 | school, if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the library, if | |
1055 | necessary. Here is a sample; alter the names: | |
1056 | ||
1057 | <PRE> | |
1058 | Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in | |
1059 | the library `Frob' (a library for tweaking knobs) written | |
1060 | by James Random Hacker. | |
1061 | ||
1062 | <VAR>signature of Ty Coon</VAR>, 1 April 1990 | |
1063 | Ty Coon, President of Vice | |
1064 | </PRE> | |
1065 | ||
1066 | <P>That's all there is to it! | |
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