On 4/1/08, Olaf Meeuwissen <olaf.meeuwissen at avasys.jp> wrote: > Julien BLACHE <jb at jblache.org> writes: > > > Johannes Meixner <jsmeix at suse.de> wrote: > > >> For example the epkowa driver from IScan is free software. > > > > No, epkowa is not free software. A large part of the scanners it > > supports actually rely on proprietary, binary-only protocol > > interpreters shipped as Linux/i386 shared libraries. > > > The epkowa backend is free-as-in-freedom software. It is licensed > under the terms of the GPL and carries an exception that allows for > the use of non-free extensions.
well, i just heard RMS speak again a few days ago, and i can tell you for sure that this exception means the backend is decidedly NOT free-as-in-freedom. we could take it up with him if you like... allan -- "The truth is an offense, but not a sin"
