[sane-devel] FW: SANE back-end development

2003-12-12 Thread Henning Meier-Geinitz
Hi, in addition to what the others wrote: On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 06:47:10PM -0800, David Chamberlin wrote: > Does anyone know if it is possible to develop a binary distribution of a > sane back-end that uses a proprietary protocols The SANE standard is public domain so you can use any license

[sane-devel] FW: SANE back-end development

2003-12-12 Thread Matthew Duggan
On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 06:47:10PM -0800, David Chamberlin wrote: > Does anyone know if it is possible to develop a binary distribution of a > sane back-end that uses a proprietary protocols and to distribute this > back-end with sane-backends? > Can manufacturers that make only binary back-end

[sane-devel] FW: SANE back-end development

2003-12-12 Thread abel deuring
David Chamberlin wrote: > Does anyone know if it is possible to develop a binary distribution of a > sane back-end that uses a proprietary protocols and to distribute this > back-end with sane-backends? > Can manufacturers that make only binary back-ends advertise "Supported by > Sane" or "Ru

[sane-devel] FW: SANE back-end development

2003-12-12 Thread m. allan noah
last time i checked, there were no lawyers on this list. it does not matter what any of us thinks about how possible your plan is, it matters what they lawyers think. you simply MUST ask your companies legal counsel. but as a personal note, i agree strongly with abel. do not say that it is 'sup

[sane-devel] FW: SANE back-end development

2003-12-11 Thread David Chamberlin
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