Re: RFS: brother-inkjet-dcpj952n/3.0.0-2 [ITP] -- printer driver for Brother Inkjet printers
On Wed 14 Dec 2016 at 18:19:35 +0100, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote:
[...Big snip...]
> - Some drivers need the "LPR" driver, which is not available under a FLOSS
> licence.
>From what I can see it is most of them for printing. For scanning it
looks like all of them.
Not only that but I think (from memory) the license has been reworded
recently. It always had
Brother grants User a non-exclusive license: to reproduce and/or
distribute (via Internet or in any other manner) the Software.
Further, Brother grants User a non-exclusive license to modify,
alter, translate or otherwise prepare derivative works of the
Software and to reproduce and distribute (via Internet or in any
other manner) such modification, alteration, translation or other
derivative works for any purpose.
Which looks generous. :)
I think the recent change in it is
Further, Brother shall have no liability to disclose and/or
distribute the source code of the Software to User under any
circumstances. In no case shall the above license by Brother
to modify, alter, translate or otherwise prepare derivative
works of the Software be construed as Brother's implied
agreement or undertakings to disclose and/or distribute the
source code of the Software.
Basically - you are by yourself; sort it out. You will get no help from
us!
--
Brian.
>
> So far, the only way to drive any kind of sense out of all this was this
> approach: take all of what Brother makes available, put it in a giant
> repository, analyze what is free and what isn't, and drive conclusions from
> there. A possibility here is still to consider the problem too hard to fix, but
> it feels there is an opportunity for a global solution.
>
> If I had energy & time, I'd start with de-piling what this cupswrapper script
> does for the current package, and try to automatically extract the useful bits
> (filter script, PPD file), in the build-process, to provide these static assets
> as part of the binary package.
>
> I hope I haven't demoralized you too much here. :-/
>
> --
> Cheers,
> OdyX
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