Note that a source RPM is not necessarily 100% source code, it is simply a package which contains everything to build the binary RPMs. For free software it contains source code, but for commercial closed-source software it contains also binaries.
As this driver is partially closed-source we cannot distribute it in the main part of Ubuntu, and for multiverse we would need permission of Canon. The open-source CAPT driver referenced on FSG OpenPrinting (aka linuxprinting.org) we can add and I am considering to do so. ** Changed in: cupsys (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => In Progress -- Cannot print to Canon 1210 on LPT1. https://launchpad.net/bugs/58110 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs