source tarball (3.23.5) contains non-open source licenses

[zdohnal]

This was reported several times already:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/hplip/+bug/824394
https://bugs.launchpad.net/hplip/+bug/1553628
https://bugs.launchpad.net/hplip/+bug/1710954
https://bugs.launchpad.net/hplip/+bug/1737678

but IMO it deserves an updated list after some time. The following files from upstream tarball:

prnt/hpcups/ErnieFilter.cpp
prnt/hpcups/ErnieFilter.h
fax/filters/cdmfax/jetlib.cpp
fax/filters/cdmfax/jetlib.h
prnt/hpcups/Hbpl1_Wrapper.cpp
prnt/hpcups/genPCLm.cpp
prnt/hpcups/genPCLm.h
prnt/hpcups/common_defines.h
prnt/hpcups/genJPEGStrips.cpp
prnt/hpcups/RunLenEncoding.cpp
prnt/hpcups/RunLenEncoding.h

have a variant of the following licenses:

* Copyright (c) HP Company, 2006.
* All rights reserved. Copying or other reproduction of this
* program except for archival purposes is prohibited without
* the prior written consent of HP Company.

or

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Copyright (c) 1996 - 2008, HP Development Company, L.P.
// All rights reserved.
//
// This software is licensed solely for use with HP products...

, which do not look as open source licenses.

It would be great if the license was changed into an open source license.

Thank you in advance!

Zdenek

[zdohnal (zdohnal)]

Correction:

Files:

prnt/hpcups/genJPEGStrips.cpp
prnt/hpcups/RunLenEncoding.cpp
prnt/hpcups/RunLenEncoding.h

don't have any notice about license, so they can be taken as covered by licenses in COPYING file.