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Re: [LUG] Up For Grabs!

 

On Mon, 3 Aug 2020 12:47:29 +0100
David Bell <grimpen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hello David,

>One thing hasn't changed. Despite the fact that major printer
>manufacturers do now provide linux drivers, they are rarely included in
>most distro's.

That's probably due to licensing issues, since not all companies release
their drivers under a suitable license.  For example, many such things
are in Non-Free (if they're there at all) in Debian because of said
issues.

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