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<DIV><FONT face="Arial Unicode MS"><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=312202302-12122003><FONT color=#0000ff><SPAN class=990543402-12122003>Does
anyone know if </SPAN></FONT>it <SPAN class=990543402-12122003><FONT
color=#0000ff> is </FONT></SPAN>possible to develop a binary
distribution of a sane back-end </SPAN><SPAN class=312202302-12122003>that uses
a proprietary protocol<SPAN class=990543402-12122003><FONT
color=#0000ff>s</FONT></SPAN> and<SPAN class=990543402-12122003><FONT
color=#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=312202302-12122003>to
distribute this back-end with <SPAN class=990543402-12122003><FONT
color=#0000ff>sane-backends</FONT></SPAN>?<SPAN class=990543402-12122003><FONT
color=#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Arial Unicode MS"><FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=312202302-12122003><SPAN class=990543402-12122003><FONT color=#0000ff>Can
manufacturers that make only binary
back-ends </FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT><SPAN
class=312202302-12122003><FONT size=2><SPAN class=990543402-12122003><FONT
color=#0000ff> advertise </FONT></SPAN>"Supported by Sane" or "Runs
on Linux"?</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>