Hello Barry, -----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Barry Smoke >Sent: Fri 8/15/2008 8:34 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [Openvas-discuss] existing nessus plugins/cutoff from free download > >I know nessus 3 was not released under gpl... > >did the plugins licensing change at that point also...? >
As far as I know, Nessus Plugins stopped being GPL since version 2.2. Only a handful of them (the ones included in the nessus-plugins debian package, and I suppose those are the ones included in OpenVAS) were GPL. The new licensing change at Nessus is that, for personal use, one can still receive their plugin feed for free (with some delay respect to the paying customers), but that is no longer the case for commercial purposes, for which a license costs $1200 annually (for each Nessus installation). > > >I'm wondering if the plugins that were downloaded as of 07/31/08 are gpl >plugins? > Maybe some of them are, but most of them I am mostly sure that are not GPL. > >Can I take my current plugins, and move them over to openvas, or are all >the gpl ones already included? With the current license, I think you can *NOT* move them over to OpenVAS, but probably you could rewrite them for OpenVAS, but that is somewhat tricky... Where is the thin line that separates when you are just making a plugin that does the same as a Nessus one does, and when are you "making a derivate work" of their plugin (and thus, might not be allowed to do that based on their license). Maybe someone else could bring some more light on this, as I am no expert. Best Regards, Jonás Andradas. ______________________ Este mensaje, y en su caso, cualquier fichero anexo al mismo, puede contener informacion clasificada por su emisor como confidencial en el marco de su Sistema de Gestion de Seguridad de la Informacion siendo para uso exclusivo del destinatario, quedando prohibida su divulgacion copia o distribucion a terceros sin la autorizacion expresa del remitente. Si Vd. ha recibido este mensaje erroneamente, se ruega lo notifique al remitente y proceda a su borrado. Gracias por su colaboracion. ______________________ This message including any attachments may contain confidential information, according to our Information Security Management System, and intended solely for a specific individual to whom they are addressed. Any unauthorised copy, disclosure or distribution of this message is strictly forbidden. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete it. ______________________
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