The CUPS Printing System Lead Developer Has Left Apple, Begins Developing "LPrint"

[pal666]

I'm sorry for the dumb question, but : why is Apache license a concern ? I thought this was a great open-source license, with freedom to use, modify and redistribute under the same license terms (no code stealing complain like BSD). So why it is "worse" than GPL ?

if it is same as gpl, why change from gpl to apache? you should get a feeling that your original premise is wrong

[pal666]

His new "LPrint" is released under the, drumroll, Apache license after all.

maybe it shares code with cups
edit:

LPrint is based loosely on the “ippeveprinter.c” and “rastertolabel.c” code from CUPS.

[guildem]

if it is same as gpl, why change from gpl to apache? you should get a feeling that your original premise is wrong

I know this is not the same, and I said it (this is more efficient in discussion to read and understand the post before answering it).
I always saw Apache as more "free" (as freedom) than GPL, so even if there is drawbacks, I'm not sure to understand why an employee would see that as a bad choice.
Finally, reading the answers to this post, and interesting opinions, I don't think the new license will change anything to the situation.

[ssokolow]

I always saw Apache as more "free" (as freedom) than GPL, so even if there is drawbacks, I'm not sure to understand why an employee would see that as a bad choice.

It's a question of free for who. There exist proprietary derivatives of Apache-licensed software like Apache web server and OpenOffice, so it's "free for a developer to keep their modifications proprietary". GPL is designed around "you're free to customize the software you received or go elsewhere for support."