On 7/29/26 8:52 PM, Neal Gompa wrote:
On Wed, Jul 29, 2026 at 1:50 PM Richard Fontana via legal
<[email protected]> wrote:
On Wed, Jul 29, 2026 at 1:02 PM ValdikSS <[email protected]> wrote:
On 7/29/26 7:58 PM, Richard Fontana wrote:
What is the distinction between `getweb` and `getweb-plugin` - is it
that `getweb-plugin` downloads a subset of the firmware files that are
downloaded by `getweb` (which I guess you are assuming are okay
because `hplip` is already packaged in Fedora)?
Yes, right now the only difference is the download source. The
assumption was that if we download the files from official source,
official package, then it's 'better' in legal terms than to download
from some kind of a mirror (which might violate possible redistribution
rights).
OK, so to answer your questions:
"- Can Fedora include `getweb`, which downloads the firmware files
from elsewhere?" -> I'd say no
"- If not, can Fedora include `getweb-hpplugin`, which downloads HP
plugin files from official openprinting website and extracts firmware
from these, as does HP's hplip?"
-> I'd say yes, assuming there is no Fedora packaging policy that
would prohibit this.
Is there a reason we can't package the firmware from openprinting for
these printers? If they allow redistribution without modification,
then it's fine to package them in Fedora itself.
Openprinting website hosts HP's plugin files. I don't know who is in
charge for these files. The license is in my first message. It's up to
you to decide if it allows the redistribution.
https://www.openprinting.org/download/printdriver/auxfiles/HP/plugins/
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