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2005-04-23 Julien Blache <jb@jblache.org>
* LICENSE: Add an FAQ section.
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This files attempts to clarify the licensing situation for the SANE
distribution. In case of doubt, the copyright information contained
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The standard is considered to be in the public domain. Anyone is free
to implement SANE interface conforming applications or libraries in
any way he or she sees fit.
Frequently Asked Questions about the SANE licensing:
* Why don't you use the GNU LPGL ?
The reason SANE isn't licensed under the GNU LGPL is very simple: the
GNU LGPL didn't exist at the time SANE was first released. So, the SANE
Exception was added to the GNU GPL.
* Why don't you relicense SANE, now that the GNU LGPL is available ?
To relicense the various pieces of code composing SANE, each and every
copyright holder needs to agree with the relicensing. Unfortunately, some
of the (original) backend authors cannot be contacted any longer, for
various reasons; not to mention each and every contributor who sent in a
patch. This effectively makes it impossible for the SANE Project to
relicense SANE.