Scanner Access Now Easy

SANE
Original author(s)David Mosberger-Tang
Andy Beck
Initial releaseNovember 27, 1996; 27 years ago (1996-11-27)[1]
Stable release
1.1.1 / 19 January 2022; 2 years ago (2022-01-19)
Repository
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows, Linux, UNIX, OS/2
LicenseGNU GPLv2 or later[2] (frontend programs),
weakened[3] GPLv2 or later[4] (backend libraries),
Public domain[5] (SANE standard: API & network protocol) [6]
Websitewww.sane-project.org

Scanner Access Now Easy (SANE) is an open-source application programming interface (API) that provides standardized access to any raster image scanner hardware (flatbed scanner, handheld scanner, video- and still-cameras, frame grabbers, etc.). The SANE API is public domain. It is commonly used on Linux.

  1. ^ History of SANE, 2001-11-20, [email protected] Mailing list, "The first entry in ChangeLog is from 1996-11-16. The first SANE standard I know is version 0.2 from 1996-11-17. SANE 0.1 seem to have been released around 1996-11-27. The first mail on sane-devel is from 1996-12-09."
  2. ^ "license notice placed at the top in one of the source files of the project's said repository subsection, probably in each of its source files". Retrieved November 26, 2017. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "sane/sane-backends - SANE backends - scanner drivers". Retrieved November 27, 2017.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "license notice placed at the top in one of the source files of the project's said repository subsection, applies to most of its source files, some are set up like most, but without linking exception or with additional license constrains". Retrieved November 26, 2017. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. ...  As a special exception, the authors of SANE give permission for additional uses of the libraries contained in this release of SANE. The exception is that, if you link a SANE library with other files to produce an executable, this does not by itself cause the resulting executable to be covered by the GNU General Public License. Your use of that executable is in no way restricted on account of linking the SANE library code into it. This exception does not, however, invalidate any other reasons why the executable file might be covered by the GNU General Public License. If you submit changes to SANE to the maintainers to be included in a subsequent release, you agree by submitting the changes that those changes may be distributed with this exception intact. If you write modifications of your own for SANE, it is your choice whether to permit this exception to apply to your modifications. If you do not wish that, delete this exception notice. This file implements a dynamic linking based SANE meta backend. It allows managing an arbitrary number of SANE backends by using dynamic linking to load backends on demand.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "license notice file placed in project's repository root section". Retrieved November 26, 2017. The standard is considered to be in the public domain. Anyone is free to implement SANE interface conforming applications or libraries in any way...[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "license notice file placed in project's repository root section". Retrieved November 26, 2017. SANE consists of three parts each of which has its own licensing terms: * The frontend programs. These programs are generally protected by the GNU General Public License. (See file COPYING.) * The backend libraries. Most backend libraries are protected by the GNU General Public License (see file COPYING), but as an exception, it is permissible to link against such a library without affecting the licensing status of the program that uses the libraries. ... Note that not all of the backends apply the exception and that some have additional licensing constraints. ... * The SANE API and network protocol as put forth in the standard document. The standard is considered to be in the public domain. Anyone is free to implement SANE interface conforming applications or libraries in any way ...[permanent dead link]