[Bug 25966] Re: Printer drivers for Brother needed

2008-02-06 Thread Till Kamppeter
webwolf_27, according to their license we can add them to Multiverse. I am very grateful if you would package them. In Multiverse I can also sponsor the upload for you (if you are not MOTU by yourself). Can you please package them as soon as possible, as Thursday, Feb 14 is feature freeze for Hardy

[Bug 25966] Re: Printer drivers for Brother needed

2008-02-06 Thread Piotr Zaryk
** Changed in: cupsys (Ubuntu) Assignee: Ubuntu Drivers (ubuntu-drivers) => Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs) -- Printer drivers for Brother needed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/25966 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assig

[Bug 25966] Re: Printer drivers for Brother

2007-01-10 Thread Daniel Holbach
** Changed in: Ubuntu Status: Needs Info => Confirmed -- 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

[Bug 25966] Re: Printer drivers for Brother

2006-09-13 Thread Till Kamppeter
We will investigate on adding these drivers to multiverse. -- 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

[Bug 25966] Re: Printer drivers for Brother

2006-09-13 Thread Till Kamppeter
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,

[Bug 25966] Re: Printer drivers for Brother

2006-09-08 Thread Matt Zimmerman
The original description claims that there are drivers licensed under the GPL. If this is accurate, there is no question about whether they can be included. Was this an error? This does not seem to have been questioned in the bug report. Till, do you have more information about these drivers?

[Bug 25966] Re: Printer drivers for Brother

2006-08-22 Thread Simon Law
An alternative would be to do a copyright audit for these drivers. If everything, including the packaging, is available under a free license, then we are safe to redistribute. -- Printer drivers for Brother https://launchpad.net/bugs/25966 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu

[Bug 25966] Re: Printer drivers for Brother

2006-05-19 Thread webwolf_27
I've seen brother can take a few weeks to answer. It took them 3 weeks to answer a question I had. By then I'd fixed it myself. -- Printer drivers for Brother https://launchpad.net/bugs/25966 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/des

[Bug 25966] Re: Printer drivers for Brother

2006-04-14 Thread Matthias Klose
contacted Brother, waiting ** Changed in: cupsys (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info -- Printer drivers for Brother https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/25966 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs

[Bug 25966] Re: Printer drivers for Brother

2006-03-31 Thread Matt Zimmerman
** Changed in: cupsys (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Matthias Klose -- Printer drivers for Brother https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/25966 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs