The PPD files for PostScript (BR-Script) printers are under GPL and therefore they can be redistributed. They are also available in the upstream foomatic-db package.
The drivers for non-PostScript printers are redistributable but they are closed-source. So they disqualify to be in the main distro, but they can be added to some extra repository for non-free software without explicit agreement with Brother. See the license text by going to http://solutions.brother.com/linux/sol/printer/linux/lpr_drivers.html and clicking an arbitrary driver download link. The CUPS wrappers are under GPL again, but they are useless without the corresponding closed-source LPR driver. On a CUPS system it required to have both the CUPS wrapper and the appropriate LPR driver for the printer. If we do not have an appropriate repository for such packages we can only reject this report. -- Printer drivers for Brother https://launchpad.net/bugs/25966 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
