On Wed, Jul 29, 2026 at 1:50 PM Richard Fontana via legal <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 29, 2026 at 1:02 PM ValdikSS <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On 7/29/26 7:58 PM, Richard Fontana wrote: > > > What is the distinction between `getweb` and `getweb-plugin` - is it > > > that `getweb-plugin` downloads a subset of the firmware files that are > > > downloaded by `getweb` (which I guess you are assuming are okay > > > because `hplip` is already packaged in Fedora)? > > > > > > > > Yes, right now the only difference is the download source. The > > assumption was that if we download the files from official source, > > official package, then it's 'better' in legal terms than to download > > from some kind of a mirror (which might violate possible redistribution > > rights). > > OK, so to answer your questions: > > "- Can Fedora include `getweb`, which downloads the firmware files > from elsewhere?" -> I'd say no > "- If not, can Fedora include `getweb-hpplugin`, which downloads HP > plugin files from official openprinting website and extracts firmware > from these, as does HP's hplip?" > -> I'd say yes, assuming there is no Fedora packaging policy that > would prohibit this. >
Is there a reason we can't package the firmware from openprinting for these printers? If they allow redistribution without modification, then it's fine to package them in Fedora itself. -- 真実はいつも一つ！/ Always, there's only one truth! -- _______________________________________________ legal mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] Do not reply to spam, report it: https://forge.fedoraproject.org/infra/tickets/issues/new
