[Foo2zjs-maintainer] Bug#449497: Policy on Binary Firmware Fetching in Main (e.g. foo2zjs)

[Michael Gilbert]

i received the following message from the upstream author of foo2zjs.  
it is his belief that much of the package should be non-free.  see below.

Rick Richardson wrote:
 > It is not the firmware only.  It is also ICC/ICM Color Correction files.
 > And PATENTS.  Patents by IBM and ATT in the USA and others...

 > This should be non-free!!!!!

 > -Rick

 > From the COPYING file:

 > Copyright HP...
 >   sihp1000.img (2001)
 >   sihp1005.img (2002)
 >   sihp1018.img (2005)
 >   sihp1020.img (2005)
 >   hpclj2600n-0.icm (2003) 3700

 > Copyright Konica Minolta...
 >    CPWL12W.icm (1998)
 >    CPWL24W.icm (1998)
 >    CPWL6W.icm (1998)
 >    DL2200RGB.icm (1999)
 >    DL2312.icm (2001)
 >    DL2324.icm (2001)
 >    km2430_0.icm (2003)
 >    km2430_1.icm (2003)
 >    km2430_2.icm (2003)
 >    km2530_0.icm (2003)
 >    km2530_1.icm (2003)
 >    km2530_2.icm (2003)

 > Copyright Rick Richardson.  All Rights Reserved.
 >    hpclj2600n-1.icm (2006)
 >    samclp300-0.icm (2007)
 >    km2530-jconner-d50.icm (2007)

 > Copyright Samsung...
 >    CLP-300*cms* (2006)
 >    CLP-600*cms* (2006)

 > Copyright Lexmark...
 >    lexRPCA200.icm (2006)

 > PATENTS
 >    It is possible that certain products which can be built using the jbig
 >    software module might form inventions protected by patent rights in
 >    some countries (e.g., by patents about arithmetic coding algorithms
 >    owned by IBM and AT&T in the USA). Provision of this software by the
 >    author does NOT include any licences for any patents. In those
 >    countries where a patent licence is required for certain applications
 >    of this software module, you will have to obtain such a licence
 >    yourself.