<ul><li>CUPS (Common UNIX Printing System) was originally developed by Michael Sweet in 1999 and later adopted by Apple in 2002.</li><li>Since the lead developer's departure from Apple in 2019, the CUPS git repository has become dormant, with minimal activity observed.</li><li>The Linux Foundation's OpenPrinting has created a temporary fork of CUPS to continue bug fixes and distribution patches.</li><li>If Apple ceases CUPS development, OpenPrinting plans to continue the project with the help of Michael Sweet.</li></ul>

Apple’s Dormant CUPS

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