On Tue 08 Mar 2016 at 14:35:22 +0100, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Tue, Mar 08, 2016 at 01:29:11PM +0000, Brian wrote: > > On Tue 08 Mar 2016 at 12:36:56 +0100, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > > > On Tue, Mar 08, 2016 at 12:02:14PM +0000, Brian wrote: > > > > > > [...] > > > > > > > You are not bothered about the security of the closed source firmware on > > > > the printer but are concerned about a closed source driver on the PC/ > > > > > > This is the usual dangerous strawman which leads, at the end, to do > > > nothing [...] > > > I asked a question, one which may give pause for thought and give focus > > and direction to what is presumably the chief objective - printing with > > a Brother MFC printer. No argument (strawman or otherwise) was given; no > > view advanced. No Brother bashing. :) > > Perhaps I'm a little dense, but I have a hard time reading your question > differently than "why you agonize about a non free driver if the whole > firmware of your printer is non-free"? > > But I'm always interested in learning.
Yes, it's the same question - expressed differently. It's still not a formulated argument and merely expresses curiosity on my part. My curiosity is satisfied by https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2016/03/msg00297.html
