08-29-2008, 03:52 AM
There is a FAQ on the site, http://www.cups.org/articles.php?L476+TFAQ+P1+Q, that covers the "Who Owns CUPS?" question. Part of it is that in Feb. 2007 Apple hired the original writer of CUPS to work for them. He was also an owner of the company Apple bought the rights to CUPS from. This probably allows Apple to keep him in control of official distributions of the code, and might have been part of the negotiated contract when he went to work for them. Would not be the first GPL'd code that has a corporate owner.