On 2/24/08, Predrag Punosevac <punosevac72 at gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Developers, > > I was wondering if it would be legally possible to include BRSCAN and > BRSCAN2 drivers for Brother all-in-one and scanner devices into the SANE > backhands. > The source code for both drivers is released and I tried to compile on the > OpenBSD. The compilation fails but it looks to me that it could be fixed. > Could you get out of them the information about the Linux libraries used > by the binaries. > > If they use only static libraries those binaries should work on any of > *BSD flavours no questions asked. > > Most Kind Regards, > Predrag Punosevac > > P. S. I am not on the list so please include cc in correspondence with me. >
these drivers have a couple of binary libraries inside them, which, in addition to missing their source code, are under a license incompatible with the GPL. this backend cannot be included in sane. now, if someone reverse engineers those libraries... allan -- "The truth is an offense, but not a sin"
