https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=342704 Summary: hplip uses non-free drivers, and not for all supported platforms Product: openSUSE 11.0 Version: unspecified Platform: All OS/Version: openSUSE 11.0 Status: NEW Severity: Major Priority: P5 - None Component: Printing AssignedTo: jsmeix@novell.com ReportedBy: kssingvo@novell.com QAContact: jsmeix@novell.com CC: jw@novell.com, kssingvo@novell.com, Markus.Kuhn@cl.cam.ac.uk, cfarrell@novell.com Found By: Development As with version hplip-2.7.10, it seems that the hplip packages runs no longer with complete GPL code. The code is later downloaded from the programs via: http://www.linuxprinting.org/download/printdriver/auxfiles/HP/plugins/ This may hit us in several ways: a) the code might no longer run on all supported platforms, e.g. S390, PPC b) we might have a license issue here (non distributable code, network requirement for full code) c) what should customer do, if a security problem is coming up there? The license issue is maybe the JBIG code (patent) from Markus Kuhn (in CC:). Maybe he can tell us more, what happened? Johannes: is the license of hplip package changed too? So I'm asking: - Should we ship hplip without download functionality in future? - Can we ship (package) the required plugings on our media? BTW: note that the support at sourceforge for this hplip package has changed too. But this shouldn't affect us. -- 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.