[Bug 338320] provide non-free Epson EPL printer drivers

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=338320#c8 --- Comment #8 from Alberto Passalacqua 2007-11-06 04:28:19 MST --- The point is not if the driver is free or not, which doesn't count a cent. What counts is to understand if it can be redistributed. OpenSUSE distributes various non-free software, just putting it on the non-OSS software, and what I'm reading are plain excuses, whose reason are not clear at all and just contributes to leave the distribution behind others.

From the epl_compress.h, which is included in the .c:

* Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person * obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation * files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without * restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, * modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies * of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be * included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. If you don't trust the developers, and you believe this doesn't apply to the corresponding .c file, an email with a formal request of authorization to them is all you need to be able to include the driver. Moreover, if that part of the driver were closed (and how it is closed if you have it linked to a open source project hosted at sourceforge, where everyone can read the source is not that clear), you would have a case fully similar to the Intel ipw wireless drivers, which are provided on the non-OSS repository and on the DVD, without even asking for the licence acceptance (I just checked to be sure), and they include a non-open firmware. Regards, A. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.