Comments on: Another Printer Manufacturer with Open Source Driver – Brother Industries http://blog.mypapit.net/2007/09/another-printer-manufacturer-with-open-source-driver-brother-industries.html Free and Open Source blogger with an attitude Mon, 19 Dec 2011 07:07:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: njsg http://blog.mypapit.net/2007/09/another-printer-manufacturer-with-open-source-driver-brother-industries.html/comment-page-1#comment-239725 njsg Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:04:13 +0000 http://blog.mypapit.net/2007/09/another-printer-manufacturer-with-open-source-driver-brother-industries.html#comment-239725 Unfortunately the brother printer driver is not GPL'ed. The only part licensed under GNU GPL seems to be the CUPS wrapper - the lpr driver is under some sort of 'brother open license' which does not enforce distribution of source code. The sane source code is made available with additional source for the brother backends, which are supposed to be linked against static libraries - the whole code being made available under another sort of 'brother open license' (I wonder if this is legally possible, since, IIRC, sane is GPL'ed). Unfortunately the brother printer driver is not GPL’ed. The only part licensed under GNU GPL seems to be the CUPS wrapper – the lpr driver is under some sort of ‘brother open license’ which does not enforce distribution of source code.

The sane source code is made available with additional source for the brother backends, which are supposed to be linked against static libraries – the whole code being made available under another sort of ‘brother open license’ (I wonder if this is legally possible, since, IIRC, sane is GPL’ed).

]]> By: mypapit http://blog.mypapit.net/2007/09/another-printer-manufacturer-with-open-source-driver-brother-industries.html/comment-page-1#comment-112285 mypapit Tue, 18 Sep 2007 04:52:20 +0000 http://blog.mypapit.net/2007/09/another-printer-manufacturer-with-open-source-driver-brother-industries.html#comment-112285 Kebelakangan ni aku prefer HP lagi, sbb hassle free+service center dekat. Tapi aku suka download+install driver dari internet dibandingkan dengan CD. CD driver HP ada banyak 'crapware'. Kebelakangan ni aku prefer HP lagi, sbb hassle free+service center dekat. Tapi aku suka download+install driver dari internet dibandingkan dengan CD. CD driver HP ada banyak ‘crapware’.

]]> By: adi http://blog.mypapit.net/2007/09/another-printer-manufacturer-with-open-source-driver-brother-industries.html/comment-page-1#comment-112267 adi Tue, 18 Sep 2007 03:47:26 +0000 http://blog.mypapit.net/2007/09/another-printer-manufacturer-with-open-source-driver-brother-industries.html#comment-112267 office aku ada gune dua bijik printer brother HL 1430 .. stakat nih ok lah. cuma kuat makan tonner .. huhuhu... tapi member aku tak suggest beli brother nih . sebab kalau nak repair susah .dia yang kata. aku tak kata.. office aku ada gune dua bijik printer brother HL 1430 .. stakat nih ok lah. cuma kuat makan tonner .. huhuhu…

tapi member aku tak suggest beli brother nih . sebab kalau nak repair susah .dia yang kata. aku tak kata..

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