Julien BLACHE a ?crit : > Frank Zago <frank at zago.net> wrote: > > Hi, > > >> I looked at the code. It a basic scsi scanner driver. It should take a >> couple hours work to make a backend, starting from the existing >> matsushita driver. >> >> The only problem IMHO is the license, and the testing. >> > > Apache 2.0, indeed, the license sucks big time ... > If someone wants to do the work, may be he can get Google to relicense the code.
> But the license only covers the code, not the knowledge you can gain > by reading it. > Well, the code is so basic it's going to be a cut and paste. > I don't know how close these scanners are from the ones supported by > the matsushita backend already, so ... > AFAICT, the work flow is the same. But some of the SCSI commands used are more recent, and the window format is different. That's why a new driver should be written instead of using the existing one. > >> And when I see how simple these scanners are, I don't understand >> Panasonic's need for an NDA. >> > > Big companies and their NDAs ... > Precious IP that anyone why a scsi analyser can reverse in less than a day. Frank.
