[sane-devel] Panasonic KVSS905C SCSI driver

[Frank Zago]

Julien BLACHE a écrit :
> Frank Zago <frank at zago.net> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
>   
>> I looked at the code. It a basic scsi scanner driver. It should take a
>> couple hours work to make a backend, starting from the existing
>> matsushita driver.
>>
>> The only problem IMHO is the license, and the testing.
>>     
>
> Apache 2.0, indeed, the license sucks big time ...
>   
If someone wants to do the work, may be he can get Google to relicense 
the code.

> But the license only covers the code, not the knowledge you can gain
> by reading it.
>   
Well, the code is so basic it's going to be a cut and paste.

> I don't know how close these scanners are from the ones supported by
> the matsushita backend already, so ...
>   
AFAICT, the work flow is the same. But some of the SCSI commands used 
are more recent, and the window format is different. That's why a new 
driver should be written instead of using the existing one.

>   
>> And when I see how simple these scanners are, I don't understand
>> Panasonic's need for an NDA.
>>     
>
> Big companies and their NDAs ...
>   
Precious IP that anyone why a scsi analyser can reverse in less than a day.

Frank.