Re: Non Disclosure Agreements

Rob Fargher (fargher@POBoxes.com)
Fri, 22 May 1998 19:04:08 +0700

On Thu, 21 May 1998 20:44:49 -0700, David Mosberger-Tang wrote:

Andy>There are strong arguments on your side:

Andy> 1. SANE works on far over a dozen different architectures. You
Andy> can't make binaries for all of them.

... [edit] ...

David> 4. All good scanner companies make their protocols available (UMAX,
> Microtek, HP, ...). Surely they wouldn't want to be left out of
> the club? ;-)

5. Given that SANE works on far over a dozen different architectures and that
all good scanner companies make their protocols available, they are at a
competitive disadvantage. Having their hardware supported by SANE
both "levels the playing field" and broadens their market. At no cost to
them.

Cheers,
Rob

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