Re: [Clamav-devel] Is clamav lgpl compatible?
On 07/09/2011 12:26 AM, Andrey V. Martyanov wrote: Hi! I see that Immunet uses libclamav.dll. Doesn't this violate the clamav license? Immunet is part of Sourcefire. For example, I'd like to build my own closed source commercial antivirus kit with the clamav engine. May I do that? No. Best regards, --Edwin ___ http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-devel.html Please submit your patches to our Bugzilla: http://bugs.clamav.net
Re: [Clamav-devel] Is clamav lgpl compatible?
Thanks for your explanation. And what options do I have? Clamwin uses interprocess communication with clamscan. Is it the only option? I found COPYING.LGPL in clamav source tree. What parts of the software are covered under this license? Sorry, but I can't find any useful information on the topic except clamav's GPL v2 compatibility marked on it's site. 2011/7/9 Török Edwin edwinto...@gmail.com On 07/09/2011 12:26 AM, Andrey V. Martyanov wrote: Hi! I see that Immunet uses libclamav.dll. Doesn't this violate the clamav license? Immunet is part of Sourcefire. For example, I'd like to build my own closed source commercial antivirus kit with the clamav engine. May I do that? No. Best regards, --Edwin ___ http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-devel.html Please submit your patches to our Bugzilla: http://bugs.clamav.net ___ http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-devel.html Please submit your patches to our Bugzilla: http://bugs.clamav.net
Re: [Clamav-devel] Is clamav lgpl compatible?
On 9 July 2011 08:49, Andrey V. Martyanov reald...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for your explanation. And what options do I have? Clamwin uses interprocess communication with clamscan. Is it the only option? I found COPYING.LGPL in clamav source tree. What parts of the software are covered under this license? Sorry, but I can't find any useful information on the topic except clamav's GPL v2 compatibility marked on it's site. You could release your software as free software? If ClamAV has saved you from writing your own engine then surely you could return the favour? Remember free/open-source doesn't mean no cost... Chris ___ http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-devel.html Please submit your patches to our Bugzilla: http://bugs.clamav.net
Re: [Clamav-devel] Is clamav lgpl compatible?
On 9 July 2011 11:50, Andrey V. Martyanov reald...@gmail.com wrote: My company prefer closed source strategy, there are several reasons. Yes, ClamAV can save us from writing custom engine. Our goal is to develop all-in-one antivirus solution (realtime scanner, update manager etc). Now it's unreasonable to build custom anti-virus engine, signature bases, memory scanner and all the stuff. The best solution is to attach the libclamav and to use the native antivirus bases. But we don't want to violate the GPL license. LGPL can save us, but it's unclear which parts of ClamAV destributed under the LGPL license. The usual protocol is to approach the copyright holders and negotiate an alternative license. You'll have more luck on: https://clamsupport.sourcefire.com/ Chris ___ http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-devel.html Please submit your patches to our Bugzilla: http://bugs.clamav.net
Re: [Clamav-devel] Is clamav lgpl compatible?
Am 09.07.2011 12:50, schrieb Andrey V. Martyanov: My company prefer closed source strategy, there are several reasons. Yes, ClamAV can save us from writing custom engine. Our goal is to develop all-in-one antivirus solution (realtime scanner, update manager etc). Now it's unreasonable to build custom anti-virus engine, signature bases, memory scanner and all the stuff. The best solution is to attach the libclamav and to use the native antivirus bases. But we don't want to violate the GPL license. LGPL can save us, but it's unclear which parts of ClamAV destributed under the LGPL license. The documentation states rather clearly that LibClamAV is GPL, not LGPL. See http://www.clamav.net/doc/latest/html/node35.html. Why don't you run the ClamAV daemon unaltered (you could even start it from your software) and then use the well documented interface for scanning? (see http://www.clamav.net/doc/latest/html/node28.html). There is no performance penality in that, and when using file descriptor passing on Unix, it is indeed very fast. On Sat, Jul 9, 2011 at 3:25 PM, Chris Rees cr...@freebsd.org wrote: On 9 July 2011 08:49, Andrey V. Martyanov reald...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for your explanation. And what options do I have? Clamwin uses interprocess communication with clamscan. Is it the only option? I found COPYING.LGPL in clamav source tree. What parts of the software are covered under this license? Sorry, but I can't find any useful information on the topic except clamav's GPL v2 compatibility marked on it's site. You could release your software as free software? If ClamAV has saved you from writing your own engine then surely you could return the favour? Remember free/open-source doesn't mean no cost... Chris ___ http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-devel.html Please submit your patches to our Bugzilla: http://bugs.clamav.net ___ http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-devel.html Please submit your patches to our Bugzilla: http://bugs.clamav.net ___ http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-devel.html Please submit your patches to our Bugzilla: http://bugs.clamav.net
Re: [Clamav-devel] Is clamav lgpl compatible?
On 07/09/2011 03:49 PM, Andrey V. Martyanov wrote: The documentation states rather clearly that LibClamAV is GPL, not LGPL. See http://www.clamav.net/doc/latest/html/node35.html. Yes, but if you look at the root of the ClamAV source tree you'll see the COPYING.LGPL file. It's unclear what is the purpose of that file. You'll also see a COPYING file, and various other COPYING.* files. Look at each individual file in libclamav/ to find out which one is GPL, LGPL, BSD, etc. ClamAV as a whole is GPLv2. Best regards, --Edwin ___ http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-devel.html Please submit your patches to our Bugzilla: http://bugs.clamav.net
[Clamav-devel] Is clamav lgpl compatible?
Hi! I see that Immunet uses libclamav.dll. Doesn't this violate the clamav license? For example, I'd like to build my own closed source commercial antivirus kit with the clamav engine. May I do that? ___ http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-devel.html Please submit your patches to our Bugzilla: http://bugs.clamav.net
