On Wednesday 25 Aug 2004 12:09, Andy Fiddaman wrote:
I'd be interested in running one of these if the database team would be willing to push updates out to a private mirror. (A percentage of the revenue generated would then be fed back into the ClamAV project!)
Any reason why that percentage should be less than 100?
A.
The total product is improved when all participants are able to recover or offset their costs in supporting the product. I see nothing wrong, for example, with me paying ClamAV an agreed upon fee to push updates to me immediately when they are available. As a franchisee it is now my option to try to recover my costs and I may choose to do so by advertising a push service for a fee in addition to offering a free polling mirror to any *non-abusers*. I may even offer other services such as installation design and trouble-shooting. The result is the best possible service to those who have the need and are willing to pay a small amount for it and for those who wish a free but lower grade service.
As someone who watches days go by without seeing new pattern files for my TrendMicro AV systems (which seems to refute my point above), I am more than impressed by the volume of updates that come from ClamAV. I'd very much like that to continue.
Just so everyone understands, there are people who are already paying for this service. Every volunteer is out of pocket for their effort as indicated here:
http://www.clamav.net/donate.html
I can't imagine they will all continue paying out of pocket, particularly if the service they provide is abused by people who craft clever scripts in a "me first" manner meant to circumvent the as desired usage of the service. When volunteers come and go you have a marginally stabile system.
BTW, in my reading of all the docs and online chat there is an acceptable use policy implied, but it really should be codified and agreed to by the users.
dp
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