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-2 FSF Associate Member since 2004-01-27 GnuPG key: F84A2DD9/B3C0 2F47 EA19 64F4 9F13 F43E B8A4 A88A F84A 2DD9 Support Free Software https://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
