https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=342704#c3
Johannes Meixner changed:
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--- Comment #3 from Johannes Meixner 2007-11-20 02:12:47 MST ---
HP is fully aware of the JBIG issue.
HP was in contact with me regarding how to provide support
for ZJStream printers in compliance to the free licenses.
In the end they do it the same way as IScan:
Via an optional external library (via dlopen).
The crucial point is that the HPLIP software works well in general
even without such a library. Only the ZJStream printers need it.
HP checked the third-party license stuff and all what is requird
is a EULA which must be accepted by the user.
The download functionality of hp-setup does "the right thing"
which is needed to support ZJStream printers.
Currently HP provides the binary-only libraries for i386, x86_64,
and ppc.
It was discussed and accepted at the OpenPrinting Summit in Montreal, see
http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/SummitMontrealSummary
There is no JBIG in the HPLIP sources.
See the RPM changelog in the HPLIP 2.7.10 packages at
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/jsmeix/
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New LJZjsMono printer device class for ZJStream printers.
ZJStream printers require JBIG which has patent issues
(see Novell/Suse Bugzilla bug #263181). Therefore the support
for ZJStream printers is provided only via a binary-only plugin
which is downloaded by "hp-setup" from the HP web-site only after
the user has accepted the license terms.
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There are even no PPDs for their ZJStream printers included in
the HPLIP sources so that generic setup tools would not set up
queues which cannot work for those printers.
From my point of view the issue is correctly handled.
To be 100% safe, I reassign it to our license ecperts.
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