Depending on how you use ASSP and ClamAV, this may have ramifications.
From Slashdot:
Anti-virus firm Trend Micro is suing Barracuda Networks <http://www.linux.com/feature/125807> over their use of the open source anti-virus product ClamAV. The issue is Trend Micro's patent <http://www.freepatentsonline.com/5623600.html> on 'anti-virus detection on an SMTP or FTP gateway'. Companies like Symantec and McAfee are already paying licensing fees to Trend Micro. Groklaw carries the word from Barracuda that they intend to fight this case <http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080125135544713>, and are seeking information on prior art <http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20080129005353&newsLang=en> to bring to trial. Commentary on the O'Reilly site notes (in strident terms) the strange reality of patents gone bad <http://www.oreillynet.com/onlamp/blog/2008/01/feral_patent_threatens_one_hun.html>, while a post to the C|Net site explores the potential ramifications for open source security <http://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9856170-16.html> projects.
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?no_d2=1&sid=08/01/29/1313206 <http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?no_d2=1&sid=08/01/29/1313206>
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