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9<H1 CLASS="title">Software License Agreement</H1>
10
d7871c8c 11<P ALIGN="CENTER">Copyright 2007-2009 by Apple Inc.<BR>
bc44d920 121 Infinite Loop<BR>
13Cupertino, CA 95014 USA<BR>
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bc44d920 15WWW: <A HREF="http://www.cups.org/">http://www.cups.org/</A>
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4744bd90 17<H2 CLASS="title"><A NAME="INTRO">Introduction</A></H2>
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19<P>CUPS<SUP>TM</SUP> is provided under the GNU General Public License ("GPL")
20and GNU Library General Public License ("LGPL"), Version 2, with exceptions for
21Apple operating systems and the OpenSSL toolkit. A copy of the exceptions and
22licenses follow this introduction.</P>
ef416fc2 23
26d47ec6 24<P>The GNU LGPL applies to the CUPS and CUPS Imaging libraries
25located in the "cups" and "filter" subdirectories of the CUPS
26source distribution and in the "cups" include directory and
27library files in the binary distributions. The GNU GPL applies to
28the remainder of the CUPS distribution, including the "pdftops"
29filter which is based upon Xpdf.</P>
ef416fc2 30
31<P>For those not familiar with the GNU GPL, the license basically
4744bd90 32allows you to:</P>
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34<UL>
35
36 <LI>Use the CUPS software at no charge.</LI>
37
38 <LI>Distribute verbatim copies of the software in source
39 or binary form.</LI>
40
41 <LI>Sell verbatim copies of the software for a media
42 fee, or sell support for the software.</LI>
43
ef416fc2 44</UL>
45
4744bd90 46<P>What this license <EM>does not</EM> allow you to do is make
ef416fc2 47changes or add features to CUPS and then sell a binary
4744bd90 48distribution without source code. You must provide source for any
26d47ec6 49changes or additions to the software, and all code must be
50provided under the GPL or LGPL as appropriate. The only
4744bd90 51exceptions to this are the portions of the CUPS software covered
52by the Apple operating system license exceptions outlined later
53in this license agreement.</P>
ef416fc2 54
55<P>The GNU LGPL relaxes the "link-to" restriction, allowing you
26d47ec6 56to develop applications that use the CUPS and CUPS Imaging
57libraries under other licenses and/or conditions as appropriate
58for your application, driver, or filter.</P>
ef416fc2 59
4744bd90 60
61<H2 CLASS="title"><A NAME="EXCEPTIONS">License Exceptions</A></H2>
ef416fc2 62
bc44d920 63<P>In addition, as the copyright holder of CUPS, Apple Inc. grants
64the following special exceptions:</P>
ef416fc2 65
66<OL>
67
68 <LI><B>Apple Operating System Development License
69 Exception</B>;
70
71 <OL TYPE="a">
72
73 <LI>Software that is developed by any person or
74 entity for an Apple Operating System ("Apple
75 OS-Developed Software"), including but not
76 limited to Apple and third party printer
77 drivers, filters, and backends for an Apple
78 Operating System, that is linked to the CUPS
79 imaging library or based on any sample filters
80 or backends provided with CUPS shall not be
81 considered to be a derivative work or collective
82 work based on the CUPS program and is exempt
83 from the mandatory source code release clauses
84 of the GNU GPL. You may therefore distribute
85 linked combinations of the CUPS imaging library
86 with Apple OS-Developed Software without
87 releasing the source code of the Apple
88 OS-Developed Software. You may also use sample
89 filters and backends provided with CUPS to
90 develop Apple OS-Developed Software without
91 releasing the source code of the Apple
92 OS-Developed Software.</LI>
93
94 <LI>An Apple Operating System means any
95 operating system software developed and/or
96 marketed by Apple Computer, Inc., including but
97 not limited to all existing releases and
98 versions of Apple's Darwin, Mac OS X, and Mac OS
99 X Server products and all follow-on releases and
100 future versions thereof.</LI>
101
102 <LI>This exception is only available for Apple
103 OS-Developed Software and does not apply to
104 software that is distributed for use on other
105 operating systems.</LI>
106
107 <LI>All CUPS software that falls under this
108 license exception have the following text at the
109 top of each source file:
110
111 <BLOCKQUOTE>This file is subject to the Apple
112 OS-Developed Software
113 exception.</BLOCKQUOTE></LI>
114
115 </OL>
116
117 <LI><B>OpenSSL Toolkit License Exception</B>;
118
119 <OL TYPE="a">
120
bc44d920 121 <LI>Apple Inc. explicitly allows the
ef416fc2 122 compilation and distribution of the CUPS
123 software with the OpenSSL Toolkit.</LI>
124
125 </OL>
126
127</OL>
128
129<P>No developer is required to provide these exceptions in a
4744bd90 130derived work.</P>
131
ef416fc2 132
f7deaa1a 133<H2 CLASS="title"><A NAME="KERBEROS">Kerberos Support Code</A></H2>
134
135<P>The Kerberos support code ("KSC") is copyright 2006 by Jelmer
136Vernooij and is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied
bc44d920 137warranty. In no event will the author or Apple Inc. be held liable
138for any damages arising from the use of the KSC.</P>
f7deaa1a 139
140<P>Sources files containing KSC have the following text at the top
141of each source file:</P>
142
143<BLOCKQUOTE>This file contains Kerberos support code, copyright
1442006 by Jelmer Vernooij.</BLOCKQUOTE>
145
146<P>The KSC copyright and license apply <EM>only</EM> to
147Kerberos-related feature code in CUPS. Such code is typically
148conditionally compiled based on the present of the
149<TT>HAVE_GSSAPI</TT> preprocessor definition.</P>
150
151<P>Permission is granted to anyone to use the KSC for any
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153redistribute it freely, subject to the following
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155
156<OL>
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158 <LI>The origin of the KSC must not be misrepresented; you
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167
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170
171</OL>
172
173
4744bd90 174<H2 CLASS="title"><A NAME="TRADEMARKS">Trademarks</A></H2>
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176<P>CUPS and the CUPS logo (the "CUPS Marks") are trademarks of Apple Inc. Apple
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180highest levels of quality and integrity for similar goods, not be unlawful, and
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182You will not interfere with Apple's rights in the CUPS Marks, and all use of the
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185permission from Apple Inc.</P>
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4744bd90 188<H2 CLASS="title"><A NAME="GPL">GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE</A></H2>
ef416fc2 189
190<P>Version 2, June 1991
191
192<PRE>
193Copyright 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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195
196Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim
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486
4744bd90 487<H3>END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS</H3>
ef416fc2 488
4744bd90 489<H3>How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs</H3>
ef416fc2 490
491<P>If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest
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499
500<PRE>
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517</PRE>
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524<PRE>
525Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) <VAR>year</VAR> <VAR>name of author</VAR>
526Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details
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530</PRE>
531
532<P>The hypothetical commands <SAMP>`show w'</SAMP> and <SAMP>`show c'</SAMP> should show
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536suits your program.
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541
542<PRE>
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545(which makes passes at compilers) written
546by James Hacker.
547
548<VAR>signature of Ty Coon</VAR>, 1 April 1989
549Ty Coon, President of Vice
550</PRE>
551
4744bd90 552<H2 CLASS="title"><A NAME="LGPL">GNU LIBRARY GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE</A></H2>
ef416fc2 553
554<P>Version 2, June 1991
555
556<PRE>
557Copyright (C) 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
55859 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA
559Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
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561
562[This is the first released version of the library GPL. It is
563 numbered 2 because it goes with version 2 of the ordinary GPL.]
564</PRE>
565
4744bd90 566<H3>Preamble</H3>
ef416fc2 567
568<P>The licenses for most software are designed to take away your
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