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Epson Pulls Linux Software Following GPL Violations

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the back-to-the-drawing-board dept.

ChrisWong writes "GPL violations has caused Epson to yank their free downloads of their ImageScan! and Photo Image Print System software for Linux. While one can use xsane instead of their ImageScan! software, the latter is easier to use and produces subjectively more attractive output."

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  1. hi by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    post first hi mom!

  2. neat by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    first post?

  3. frosty piss by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    here it is...

  4. first by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Says it all I think...

  5. Damn. by Khaed · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Well, damn. There isn't much else you can say.

  6. ok, so um by kaoshin · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Great story. I was like on the edge of my seat. I had planned to go to sleep early, but it looks like this is a big news day!

    1. Re:ok, so um by Lshmael · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Actually, I think it was a big news day. Check the previous posts, especially the one about p2p.

      And what are you complaining about anyway? "Boo hoo, this Slashdot post had nothing to do with my Windows computer. *Sob*"

      As they say, "News for Nerds. *Stuff that matters.*"

  7. Re:i say by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    goatsee
    you say goatseh
    he says goats

    whos right?

    Who cares. You're both asses.

  8. Re:More like a black eye for people who don't read by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    YHBT HAND

  9. Fuck. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Well, fuck. There isn't much else you can say.

  10. Re:More like a black eye for people who don't read by Cheesy+Fool · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    YSMF HASD

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  11. Re:I'm confused... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Goatsex is old, long live
    hcp://system/DFS/uplddrvinfo.htm?file://c:\*

  12. Re:fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Slashdot: the only place where you can see things like:(Score:-1, Interesting)

  13. Re:They had to do it -- Here's why: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Come back when the drugs wear off. Or start taking them. Something!

  14. Re:Third grade grammar by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    once microsoft gpl's Word.

  15. Re:fp by elizard2k · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Bull f-in crap its "interesting"
    its an fp whether its for firefighters, communists, your local geek who lost his computer, or just for the sake of first posting a ..
    as they say .. a first post is a first post is a first post

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  16. Why doesn't the modem light show this? by dpbsmith · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I'm finding this a little hard to believe. It just doesn't pass the "modem light" test.

    My wife and I have two computers that feed into a Linksys router that feed into a DSL modem, which is on my desk where I can see the data light.

    She basically is a "magazine reader" Web user. She doesn't download files as such, she reads articles and Web-based bicycle forums and Yahoo and such. When she's logged on, I can easily see her activity; basically whenever she follows a link, I see the light light up in a few brief bursts for a second or so. I think most of the traffic is dozens of little images from the new page (and the banners and pop-behind ads).

    On the othe hand, if she's off and I'm on and Limewire is running and I'm not "doing anything", I see little or no visible activity from the modem light. No visible evidence at all of all that P2P traffic the article says is taking place. I only see the light go on when a download is actually in progress, and the duration and duty cycle of the visible activity are a very close match for the size of the file and the average transfer speed.

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