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GPL software with a Apple OS Exception: CUPS

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GPL software with a Apple OS Exception: CUPS 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. Version 2, June 1991 Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.

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GPL software with a Apple OS Exception: CUPS
<Apple OS Exception text>
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.
Version 2, June 1991
Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
02111-1307, USA
Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license
document, but changing it is not allowed.