Closed Uenoowl closed 3 years ago
Hi @Uenoowl , The scangearmp2 version of my repository, contains 3 elements: 1- binary libraries where the source code is not provided (under Canon license), it lets us use and redistribute it, without the right to decompile it. 2 - the scangearmp2 GUI in GPL provided by Canon, I have extended these features and migrated it to GTK3. 3 - The code developed by Ordissimo, which is based on Canon's proprietary libraries. This code provides a backend to "sane".
Finally, and to clear up any ambiguity, I am the developer of the company Ordissimo with no ties whatsoever to Canon.
Thanks for your explanation!
Hi, I am confused by the difference between this repository and others. What's the different between scangearmp2, libmfp2-canon and libcanon-proprio-bin? I noticed that the license of scangearmp2 is GPL with an EXCEPTION, and the EXCEPTION can be removed, which means scangearmp2 should not contains any non-free code because it can be redistributed whit pure GPL if I am right. However, libmfp2-canon said it with only free code, what does it means? Is libmfp2-canon separated from scangearmp2? But how can scangearmp2 contains non-free code since it can be redistributed whit pure GPL? Thanks