Hi: Today as the Architect of the project I just succeeded in getting the management to accept using SANE for our project. I have been reading some literature and compiling the RPMs available. I have some questions. Pl accept my apologies if this is not the right place to ask these questions ( I will be very grateful if you could point me to teh right place in that case )
1. What is the licensing terms for SANE. Is it OK to use it for our project ( Its not a product sold outside. But a software used in our company ) 2. I was reading that SANE is actually a standard that neatly helps to abstract teh driver-specifics, away from teh user programs like GUI etc. Is it this standard that is GPLd ( I didn t know specifications can be GPLd. I thought only software can be GPLd ) 3.Though I read SANE is a standard, I was also reading about ( like teh RPM I downloaded from rpmfind.net ) SANE as a product. Are there more than one implementation of that standard. Was I reading about one particular ( maybe most popular - or even the only one ) implementation. 4. Our project is in Java with remote scanning requirement ( This was my main argument against TWAIN ). Though I was reading about some discussions on Java APIs in this group ( also on Issue 47 of old linuxjournal ), I couldn t come across a downloadable java library for sane. Is there one that is the most popular Java implementation. 5. Does all existing SANE java implementations require Native code implementations ( JNI ). ( I m always afraid of a core dump ). Are there any non native Java SANE implementation. ( similer to type 4 JDBC drivers completely written in java ) 6. How matured/stable are the Java implementations 7. In a remote scanning setup using Java on the client side, can the server ( saned ) be in C. Or is there an equivalent jsaned. 8. Finally has teh on-the-wire protocol for sane been implemented/mapped to Java. IOW if I have a Java client, can my client process completely in Java ( bottommost layer in java talks this protocol, that is then sent over the wire with Java sockets APIs - So its Java all the way ) Thanks a lot. --sony _________________________________________________________________ Get a speedy connection with MSN Broadband. Join now! http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/plans/freeactivation.asp
