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<title>sane-devel: Re: Sane drivers</title>
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<h1>Re: Sane drivers</h1>
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<b>Henry Miller</b> (<a href="mailto:hank@black-hole.com"><i>hank@black-hole.com</i></a>)<br>
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<i>Sun, 4 Apr 1999 22:28:15 -0500 (CDT)</i>
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<li> <b>Next message:</b> <a href="0072.html">De Clarke: "Microtek X6 EL working -- a little green, but working"</a>
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<li> <b>Previous message:</b> <a href="0070.html">Bryce McKinlay: "Re: mustek scanner"</a>
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On Sun, 4 Apr 1999, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote:<br>
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<i>> Why not collect .pdf and .ps files at some central site, where all</i><br>
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<i>> potential developers can get them. Most technical documentation is</i><br>
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<i>> available electronically, so there is really no need for a person</i><br>
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<i>> shuffling paper.</i><br>
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<i>> </i><br>
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<i>> BTW: I don't think SANE developers should accept signing a NDA to</i><br>
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<i>> write drivers for scanners. _ever_. Vendors refusing to give out</i><br>
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<i>> technical specs without NDA should be convinced that this is a bad</i><br>
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<i>> idea, but we should not make drivers where the source is closed.</i><br>
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<i>> </i><br>
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Please seperate idealism from the real world. Microtek (I belive the<br>
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company in question) appears to want technical documentation for their<br>
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eyes only, but allows release of source derived from that documentation.<br>
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If they want to operate that way, we have to deal with it. (we can try to<br>
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change them, which might work long term)<br>
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If we can get documentation in form suitable for using to further Sane<br>
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drivers, that is good. Eventially we can bring them around to the right<br>
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way, and even if we can't, we still can get people like me father away<br>
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from windows, and more into an open source world.<br>
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We cannot just put documentation on a web site, they won't allow us to.<br>
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Putting it up against their will is a bad thing. It gives open source a<br>
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reputation as bad peopel, willing to do whatever it takes to further their<br>
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ends, and anyone who wants to (incorrectly, but it is their choice)<br>
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protect their information will not allow any open source use. Worse they<br>
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will let other manufactures know, and pretty soon nobody will release<br>
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anything for fear that we will reveal too much! Soon Sane and all other<br>
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open source applications die because no hardware can be supported.<br>
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Remember, not everyone agrees with your phillosphy. No matter how wrong<br>
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they are, you need to deal with people who disagree with you, and refusing<br>
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to deal with those who are trying to meet in the middle (see the parrelle<br>
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port scanner problems for the other option) because they aren't willing to<br>
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come all the way to our terms isn't a compromise.<br>
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Of course if you personally refuse to use scanners from companies that<br>
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won't release full documentation for all their scanners (and<br>
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otherhardware) that is your business. Feel free to make whatever personal<br>
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choices you want. Just remember that not everyone is as extreem as you,<br>
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and try not to limit our options. <br>
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<li> <b>Next message:</b> <a href="0072.html">De Clarke: "Microtek X6 EL working -- a little green, but working"</a>
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<li> <b>Previous message:</b> <a href="0070.html">Bryce McKinlay: "Re: mustek scanner"</a>
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<li> <b>In reply to:</b> <a href="0068.html">Petter Reinholdtsen: "Re: Sane drivers"</a>
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<li> <b>Next in thread:</b> <a href="0074.html">Hugo van der Kooij: "Re: Sane drivers"</a>
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