Re: [sane-devel] Misleading license information for Image Scan v3
Hi, Linux-epson-scanner writes: > Hello. > I am working for the Linux scanner driver at Seiko EPSON. > > I am sorry to keep you waiting. > I sincerely apologise for the inconvenience caused this time. > I have already resolved the follow issue. > Please confirm. I've checked >>> http://download.ebz.epson.net/dsc/du/02/eula/global/LINUX_EN.html and all three licenses involved are now listed. Of course, it is still not very clear which license(s) apply to what but at least it's a step in the right direction. Hope this helps, -- Olaf Meeuwissen, LPIC-2FSF Associate Member since 2004-01-27 GnuPG key: F84A2DD9/B3C0 2F47 EA19 64F4 9F13 F43E B8A4 A88A F84A 2DD9 Support Free Softwarehttps://my.fsf.org/donate Join the Free Software Foundation https://my.fsf.org/join -- sane-devel mailing list: sane-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel Unsubscribe: Send mail with subject "unsubscribe your_password" to sane-devel-requ...@lists.alioth.debian.org
Re: [sane-devel] Misleading license information for Image Scan v3
Hello. I am working for the Linux scanner driver at Seiko EPSON. I am sorry to keep you waiting. I sincerely apologise for the inconvenience caused this time. I have already resolved the follow issue. Please confirm. Best regards, -Original Message- From: Olaf Meeuwissen [mailto:paddy-h...@member.fsf.org] Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2016 6:30 PM To: Linux-epson-scanner Cc: sane-devel Subject: Re: [sane-devel] Misleading license information for Image Scan v3 Some two months ago I wrote: > Yesterday, I wrote: > >> Dear Sir/Madam, >> >> While doing some user support on the sane-devel mailing list, I >> noticed that your download site is providing misleading license >> information for Image Scan v3. >> >> The license information[1] for Image Scan v3 only mentions the GNU >> General Public License, version 3. While this is correct for the >> Source File Downloads[2], it is downright misleading for the binary >> Package Download[3]. The binary package download for many models >> includes one or more non-free plugins. So far, I am aware of one >> plugin to enable a device's network scan functionality and another >> for OCR functionality (likely to be device independent). >> >> Please change the license information to tell the truth or make the >> plugins available under the terms of the GNU General Public License, >> version 3. >> >> [1] >> http://download.ebz.epson.net/dsc/du/02/eula/global/LINUX_EN.html >> [2] http://support.epson.net/linux/src/scanner/imagescanv3/ >> [3] http://support.epson.net/linux/en/imagescanv3.php > > I have since downloaded the debian bundle and taken a look at the > licenses. FTR, I did neither install nor use the software. I simply > extracted the archive and the debian packages' filesystem tarball to > have a look at the licenses. > > The network plugin is licensed under the AVASYS PUBLIC LICENSE and the > OCR plugin is covered by the SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION SOFTWARE LICENSE > AGREEMENT. Both licenses are mentioned for Image Scan! for Linux and > definitely non-free and GPL incompatible. I understand that Image > Scan > v3 runs these plugins in separate processes to avoid a GPL violation. > > I assume that you just forgot to add these for Image Scan v3 when you > added the plugins to the "bundle". You can easily fix that by adding > them to the list of licenses for Image Scan v3 on [1]. > > # I and many others would much prefer to see these plugins released as > # Free Software, though. I just checked again today but *nothing* seems to have changed. Could you please fix the misleading licensing information for Image Scan v3? BTW, I have Bcc:d a few mail addresses that I found in the Debian binary packaging files. If those people could bring this up as well that would be appreciated. Thanks in advance, -- Olaf Meeuwissen, LPIC-2FSF Associate Member since 2004-01-27 GnuPG key: F84A2DD9/B3C0 2F47 EA19 64F4 9F13 F43E B8A4 A88A F84A 2DD9 Support Free Softwarehttps://my.fsf.org/donate Join the Free Software Foundation https://my.fsf.org/join -- sane-devel mailing list: sane-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel Unsubscribe: Send mail with subject "unsubscribe your_password" to sane-devel-requ...@lists.alioth.debian.org
Re: [sane-devel] Misleading license information for Image Scan v3
Some two months ago I wrote: > Yesterday, I wrote: > >> Dear Sir/Madam, >> >> While doing some user support on the sane-devel mailing list, I noticed >> that your download site is providing misleading license information for >> Image Scan v3. >> >> The license information[1] for Image Scan v3 only mentions the GNU >> General Public License, version 3. While this is correct for the Source >> File Downloads[2], it is downright misleading for the binary Package >> Download[3]. The binary package download for many models includes one >> or more non-free plugins. So far, I am aware of one plugin to enable a >> device's network scan functionality and another for OCR functionality >> (likely to be device independent). >> >> Please change the license information to tell the truth or make the >> plugins available under the terms of the GNU General Public License, >> version 3. >> >> [1] http://download.ebz.epson.net/dsc/du/02/eula/global/LINUX_EN.html >> [2] http://support.epson.net/linux/src/scanner/imagescanv3/ >> [3] http://support.epson.net/linux/en/imagescanv3.php > > I have since downloaded the debian bundle and taken a look at the > licenses. FTR, I did neither install nor use the software. I simply > extracted the archive and the debian packages' filesystem tarball to > have a look at the licenses. > > The network plugin is licensed under the AVASYS PUBLIC LICENSE and the > OCR plugin is covered by the SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION SOFTWARE LICENSE > AGREEMENT. Both licenses are mentioned for Image Scan! for Linux and > definitely non-free and GPL incompatible. I understand that Image Scan > v3 runs these plugins in separate processes to avoid a GPL violation. > > I assume that you just forgot to add these for Image Scan v3 when you > added the plugins to the "bundle". You can easily fix that by adding > them to the list of licenses for Image Scan v3 on [1]. > > # I and many others would much prefer to see these plugins released as > # Free Software, though. I just checked again today but *nothing* seems to have changed. Could you please fix the misleading licensing information for Image Scan v3? BTW, I have Bcc:d a few mail addresses that I found in the Debian binary packaging files. If those people could bring this up as well that would be appreciated. Thanks in advance, -- Olaf Meeuwissen, LPIC-2FSF Associate Member since 2004-01-27 GnuPG key: F84A2DD9/B3C0 2F47 EA19 64F4 9F13 F43E B8A4 A88A F84A 2DD9 Support Free Softwarehttps://my.fsf.org/donate Join the Free Software Foundation https://my.fsf.org/join -- sane-devel mailing list: sane-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel Unsubscribe: Send mail with subject "unsubscribe your_password" to sane-devel-requ...@lists.alioth.debian.org
Re: [sane-devel] Misleading license information for Image Scan v3
Yesterday, I wrote: > Dear Sir/Madam, > > While doing some user support on the sane-devel mailing list, I noticed > that your download site is providing misleading license information for > Image Scan v3. > > The license information[1] for Image Scan v3 only mentions the GNU > General Public License, version 3. While this is correct for the Source > File Downloads[2], it is downright misleading for the binary Package > Download[3]. The binary package download for many models includes one > or more non-free plugins. So far, I am aware of one plugin to enable a > device's network scan functionality and another for OCR functionality > (likely to be device independent). > > Please change the license information to tell the truth or make the > plugins available under the terms of the GNU General Public License, > version 3. > > [1] http://download.ebz.epson.net/dsc/du/02/eula/global/LINUX_EN.html > [2] http://support.epson.net/linux/src/scanner/imagescanv3/ > [3] http://support.epson.net/linux/en/imagescanv3.php I have since downloaded the debian bundle and taken a look at the licenses. FTR, I did neither install nor use the software. I simply extracted the archive and the debian packages' filesystem tarball to have a look at the licenses. The network plugin is licensed under the AVASYS PUBLIC LICENSE and the OCR plugin is covered by the SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT. Both licenses are mentioned for Image Scan! for Linux and definitely non-free and GPL incompatible. I understand that Image Scan v3 runs these plugins in separate processes to avoid a GPL violation. I assume that you just forgot to add these for Image Scan v3 when you added the plugins to the "bundle". You can easily fix that by adding them to the list of licenses for Image Scan v3 on [1]. # I and many others would much prefer to see these plugins released as # Free Software, though. Thanks in advance, -- Olaf Meeuwissen, LPIC-2FSF Associate Member since 2004-01-27 GnuPG key: F84A2DD9/B3C0 2F47 EA19 64F4 9F13 F43E B8A4 A88A F84A 2DD9 Support Free Softwarehttps://my.fsf.org/donate Join the Free Software Foundation https://my.fsf.org/join -- sane-devel mailing list: sane-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel Unsubscribe: Send mail with subject "unsubscribe your_password" to sane-devel-requ...@lists.alioth.debian.org
[sane-devel] Misleading license information for Image Scan v3
Dear Sir/Madam, While doing some user support on the sane-devel mailing list, I noticed that your download site is providing misleading license information for Image Scan v3. The license information[1] for Image Scan v3 only mentions the GNU General Public License, version 3. While this is correct for the Source File Downloads[2], it is downright misleading for the binary Package Download[3]. The binary package download for many models includes one or more non-free plugins. So far, I am aware of one plugin to enable a device's network scan functionality and another for OCR functionality (likely to be device independent). Please change the license information to tell the truth or make the plugins available under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 3. [1] http://download.ebz.epson.net/dsc/du/02/eula/global/LINUX_EN.html [2] http://support.epson.net/linux/src/scanner/imagescanv3/ [3] http://support.epson.net/linux/en/imagescanv3.php Sincerely, -- Olaf Meeuwissen, LPIC-2FSF Associate Member since 2004-01-27 GnuPG key: F84A2DD9/B3C0 2F47 EA19 64F4 9F13 F43E B8A4 A88A F84A 2DD9 Support Free Softwarehttps://my.fsf.org/donate Join the Free Software Foundation https://my.fsf.org/join -- sane-devel mailing list: sane-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel Unsubscribe: Send mail with subject "unsubscribe your_password" to sane-devel-requ...@lists.alioth.debian.org
