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8 <P ALIGN="CENTER">Copyright 1997-2007 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
16 <H2 CLASS="title"><A NAME="INTRO">Introduction</A></H2>
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
23 this introduction.</P>
24
25 <P>The GNU LGPL applies to the CUPS and CUPS Imaging libraries
26 located in the "cups" and "filter" subdirectories of the CUPS
27 source distribution and in the "cups" include directory and
28 library files in the binary distributions. The GNU GPL applies to
29 the remainder of the CUPS distribution, including the "pdftops"
30 filter which is based upon Xpdf.</P>
31
32 <P>For those not familiar with the GNU GPL, the license basically
33 allows you to:</P>
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 </UL>
46
47 <P>What this license <EM>does not</EM> allow you to do is make
48 changes or add features to CUPS and then sell a binary
49 distribution without source code. You must provide source for any
50 changes or additions to the software, and all code must be
51 provided under the GPL or LGPL as appropriate. The only
52 exceptions to this are the portions of the CUPS software covered
53 by the Apple operating system license exceptions outlined later
54 in this license agreement.</P>
55
56 <P>The GNU LGPL relaxes the "link-to" restriction, allowing you
57 to develop applications that use the CUPS and CUPS Imaging
58 libraries under other licenses and/or conditions as appropriate
59 for your application, driver, or filter.</P>
60
61
62 <H2 CLASS="title"><A NAME="EXCEPTIONS">License Exceptions</A></H2>
63
64 <P>In addition, as the copyright holder of CUPS, Easy Software
65 Products grants the following special exceptions:</P>
66
67 <OL>
68
69 <LI><B>Apple Operating System Development License
70 Exception</B>;
71
72 <OL TYPE="a">
73
74 <LI>Software that is developed by any person or
75 entity for an Apple Operating System ("Apple
76 OS-Developed Software"), including but not
77 limited to Apple and third party printer
78 drivers, filters, and backends for an Apple
79 Operating System, that is linked to the CUPS
80 imaging library or based on any sample filters
81 or backends provided with CUPS shall not be
82 considered to be a derivative work or collective
83 work based on the CUPS program and is exempt
84 from the mandatory source code release clauses
85 of the GNU GPL. You may therefore distribute
86 linked combinations of the CUPS imaging library
87 with Apple OS-Developed Software without
88 releasing the source code of the Apple
89 OS-Developed Software. You may also use sample
90 filters and backends provided with CUPS to
91 develop Apple OS-Developed Software without
92 releasing the source code of the Apple
93 OS-Developed Software.</LI>
94
95 <LI>An Apple Operating System means any
96 operating system software developed and/or
97 marketed by Apple Computer, Inc., including but
98 not limited to all existing releases and
99 versions of Apple's Darwin, Mac OS X, and Mac OS
100 X Server products and all follow-on releases and
101 future versions thereof.</LI>
102
103 <LI>This exception is only available for Apple
104 OS-Developed Software and does not apply to
105 software that is distributed for use on other
106 operating systems.</LI>
107
108 <LI>All CUPS software that falls under this
109 license exception have the following text at the
110 top of each source file:
111
112 <BLOCKQUOTE>This file is subject to the Apple
113 OS-Developed Software
114 exception.</BLOCKQUOTE></LI>
115
116 </OL>
117
118 <LI><B>OpenSSL Toolkit License Exception</B>;
119
120 <OL TYPE="a">
121
122 <LI>Easy Software Products explicitly allows the
123 compilation and distribution of the CUPS
124 software with the OpenSSL Toolkit.</LI>
125
126 </OL>
127
128 </OL>
129
130 <P>No developer is required to provide these exceptions in a
131 derived work.</P>
132
133
134 <H2 CLASS="title"><A NAME="KERBEROS">Kerberos Support Code</A></H2>
135
136 <P>The Kerberos support code ("KSC") is copyright 2006 by Jelmer
137 Vernooij and is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied
138 warranty. In no event will the author or Easy Software Products
139 be held liable for any damages arising from the use of the
140 KSC.</P>
141
142 <P>Sources files containing KSC have the following text at the top
143 of each source file:</P>
144
145 <BLOCKQUOTE>This file contains Kerberos support code, copyright
146 2006 by Jelmer Vernooij.</BLOCKQUOTE>
147
148 <P>The KSC copyright and license apply <EM>only</EM> to
149 Kerberos-related feature code in CUPS. Such code is typically
150 conditionally compiled based on the present of the
151 <TT>HAVE_GSSAPI</TT> preprocessor definition.</P>
152
153 <P>Permission is granted to anyone to use the KSC for any
154 purpose, including commercial applications, and to alter it and
155 redistribute it freely, subject to the following
156 restrictions:</P>
157
158 <OL>
159
160 <LI>The origin of the KSC must not be misrepresented; you
161 must not claim that you wrote the original software. If
162 you use the KSC in a product, an acknowledgment in the
163 product documentation would be appreciated but is not
164 required.</LI>
165
166 <LI>Altered source versions must be plainly marked as
167 such, and must not be misrepresented as being the
168 original software.</LI>
169
170 <LI>This notice may not be removed or altered from any
171 source distribution.</LI>
172
173 </OL>
174
175
176 <H2 CLASS="title"><A NAME="TRADEMARKS">Trademarks</A></H2>
177
178 <P>Easy Software Products has trademarked the Common UNIX
179 Printing System, CUPS, and CUPS logo. You may use these names and
180 logos in any direct port or binary distribution of CUPS. Please
181 contact Easy Software Products for written permission to use them
182 in derivative products. Our intention is to protect the value of
183 these trademarks and ensure that any derivative product meets the
184 same high-quality standards as the original.</P>
185
186
187 <H2 CLASS="title"><A NAME="BINARY">Binary Distribution Rights</A></H2>
188
189 <P>Easy Software Products also sells rights to the CUPS source
190 code under a binary distribution license for vendors that are
191 unable to release source code for their additions and
192 modifications to CUPS under the GNU GPL and LGPL. For information
193 please contact us at the address shown above.</P>
194
195 <P>The Common UNIX Printing System provides a "pdftops" filter
196 that is based on the Xpdf software. For binary distribution
197 licensing of this software, please contact:</P>
198
199 <BLOCKQUOTE>
200 Derek B. Noonburg<BR>
201 Email: <A HREF="mailto:derekn@glyphandcog.com">derekn@glyphandcog.com</A><BR>
202 WWW: <A HREF="http://www.glyphandcog.com/">http://www.glyphandcog.com/</A>
203 </BLOCKQUOTE>
204
205
206 <H2 CLASS="title"><A NAME="SUPPORT">Support</A></H2>
207
208 <P>Easy Software Products sells software support for CUPS as well
209 as a commercial printing product based on CUPS called ESP Print
210 Pro. You can find out more at our web site:</P>
211
212 <UL><PRE>
213 <A HREF="http://www.easysw.com/">http://www.easysw.com/</A>
214 </PRE></UL>
215
216
217 <H2 CLASS="title"><A NAME="GPL">GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE</A></H2>
218
219 <P>Version 2, June 1991
220
221 <PRE>
222 Copyright 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
223 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
224
225 Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim
226 copies of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
227 </PRE>
228
229 <H3>Preamble</H3>
230
231 <P>The licenses for most software are designed to take away your
232 freedom to share and change it. By contrast, the GNU General Public
233 License is intended to guarantee your freedom to share and change free
234 software--to make sure the software is free for all its users. This
235 General Public License applies to most of the Free Software
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237 using it. (Some other Free Software Foundation software is covered by
238 the GNU Library General Public License instead.) You can apply it to
239 your programs, too.
240
241 <P>When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not
242 price. Our General Public Licenses are designed to make sure that you
243 have the freedom to distribute copies of free software (and charge for
244 this service if you wish), that you receive source code or can get it
245 if you want it, that you can change the software or use pieces of it
246 in new free programs; and that you know you can do these things.
247
248 <P>To protect your rights, we need to make restrictions that forbid
249 anyone to deny you these rights or to ask you to surrender the rights.
250 These restrictions translate to certain responsibilities for you if you
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252
253 <P>For example, if you distribute copies of such a program, whether
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258
259 <P>We protect your rights with two steps: (1) copyright the software, and
260 (2) offer you this license which gives you legal permission to copy,
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262
263 <P>Also, for each author's protection and ours, we want to make certain
264 that everyone understands that there is no warranty for this free
265 software. If the software is modified by someone else and passed on, we
266 want its recipients to know that what they have is not the original, so
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491
492 <OL START="11">
493
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514 </OL>
515
516 <H3>END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS</H3>
517
518 <H3>How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs</H3>
519
520 <P>If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest
521 possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it
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523
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528
529 <PRE>
530 <VAR>one line to give the program's name and an idea of what it does.</VAR>
531 Copyright (C) <VAR>yyyy</VAR> <VAR>name of author</VAR>
532
533 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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537
538 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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542
543 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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545 Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
546 </PRE>
547
548 <P>Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
549
550 <P>If the program is interactive, make it output a short notice like this
551 when it starts in an interactive mode:
552
553 <PRE>
554 Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) <VAR>year</VAR> <VAR>name of author</VAR>
555 Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details
556 type `show w'. This is free software, and you are welcome
557 to redistribute it under certain conditions; type `show c'
558 for details.
559 </PRE>
560
561 <P>The hypothetical commands <SAMP>`show w'</SAMP> and <SAMP>`show c'</SAMP> should show
562 the appropriate parts of the General Public License. Of course, the
563 commands you use may be called something other than <SAMP>`show w'</SAMP> and
564 <SAMP>`show c'</SAMP>; they could even be mouse-clicks or menu items--whatever
565 suits your program.
566
567 <P>You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or your
568 school, if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if
569 necessary. Here is a sample; alter the names:
570
571 <PRE>
572 Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright
573 interest in the program `Gnomovision'
574 (which makes passes at compilers) written
575 by James Hacker.
576
577 <VAR>signature of Ty Coon</VAR>, 1 April 1989
578 Ty Coon, President of Vice
579 </PRE>
580
581 <H2 CLASS="title"><A NAME="LGPL">GNU LIBRARY GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE</A></H2>
582
583 <P>Version 2, June 1991
584
585 <PRE>
586 Copyright (C) 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
587 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA
588 Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
589 of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
590
591 [This is the first released version of the library GPL. It is
592 numbered 2 because it goes with version 2 of the ordinary GPL.]
593 </PRE>
594
595 <H3>Preamble</H3>
596
597 <P>The licenses for most software are designed to take away your
598 freedom to share and change it. By contrast, the GNU General Public
599 Licenses are intended to guarantee your freedom to share and change
600 free software--to make sure the software is free for all its users.
601
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603 specially designated Free Software Foundation software, and to any
604 other libraries whose authors decide to use it. You can use it for
605 your libraries, too.
606
607 <P>When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not
608 price. Our General Public Licenses are designed to make sure that you
609 have the freedom to distribute copies of free software (and charge for
610 this service if you wish), that you receive source code or can get it
611 if you want it, that you can change the software or use pieces of it
612 in new free programs; and that you know you can do these things.
613
614 <P>To protect your rights, we need to make restrictions that forbid
615 anyone to deny you these rights or to ask you to surrender the rights.
616 These restrictions translate to certain responsibilities for you if
617 you distribute copies of the library, or if you modify it.
618
619 <P>For example, if you distribute copies of the library, whether gratis
620 or for a fee, you must give the recipients all the rights that we gave
621 you. You must make sure that they, too, receive or can get the source
622 code. If you link a program with the library, you must provide
623 complete object files to the recipients so that they can relink them
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625 it. And you must show them these terms so they know their rights.
626
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630
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634 want its recipients to know that what they have is not the original
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636 the original authors' reputations.
637
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