Barracuda's free ride.... thanks to OSS
Micheal Espinola Jr (mobile) wrote: > > 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> > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > Assp-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/assp-user > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/FYI%3A-Trend-Micro-Sues-Barracuda-Over-Open-Source-Anti-Virus-tp15165554p15218248.html Sent from the assp-user mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Assp-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/assp-user
