# Re: Code freeze for 1.0.3

From: Henning Meier-Geinitz (hmg-ml@gmx.de)
Date: Sun Aug 06 2000 - 11:25:53 PDT

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  Hi,

  On Sun, Aug 06, 2000 at 08:00:26PM +0200, Oliver Rauch wrote:
  > > The author asked me explicitely to remove the information from the SANE
  > > distribution so I think we shouldn't add an entry again.
  >
  > Ok,, if he asked for that.
  > Did he explain why?

  It's a very old handscanner. Nobody else seems to use it (see web page). It
  needs a Linux kernel module and he doesn't like to update it any more.
  Nobody wanted to take over maintainership.

  http://www.cs.uni-magdeburg.de/~aherms/sane-sagitta.html

  > If he does not want to work on it, we shoud search a new maintainer.

  I think he tried that for years.

  > Or are there any copyright problems because of the protocoll / NDA ?

  I don't know.

  Bye,
  Henning

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