[sane-devel] Please give me some help to solve the license issues in using sane

[Olaf Meeuwissen]

"m. allan noah" <kitno455 at gmail.com> writes:

> [snip}
> so, is our answer to Mengqiang that there are only four choices?
>
> 1. you can write an entirely free backend, and use code from SANE.
>
> 2. you can write a partly free backend, that runs the closed parts as
> a separate process, and use code from SANE in the free part, provided
> that the interface to the closed parts is simple and well documented.
>
> 3. you can write a partly free backend, that dynamically links to the
> closed parts, provided that you place a license exception in the free
> part allowing said linking. you cannot use any code from SANE, other
> than sane.h and the sane specification, in either part.

In the interest of consistency, sane/saneopts.h may be used as well.

> 4. you can write an entirely closed backend. you cannot use any code
> from SANE, other than sane.h and the sane specification.
>
> Note that Mengqiang's original suggestion of having a combined library
> (or even collection of libs) that has some SANE code in it is
> specifically not allowed?

Hope this helps,
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