From clamav-users-bounces@lists.clamav.net Thu Aug 30 21:10:36 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: list@tad.clamav.net Delivered-To: list@tad.clamav.net X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at tad.clamav.net Received: from tad.clamav.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (tad.clamav.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id dQPu3wpHkwe7; Thu, 30 Aug 2007 21:10:36 +0200 (CEST) Received: from tad.clamav.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by tad.clamav.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id A36DD16C067; Thu, 30 Aug 2007 21:10:24 +0200 (CEST) X-Original-To: clamav-users@tad.clamav.net Delivered-To: clamav-users@tad.clamav.net X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at tad.clamav.net Received: from tad.clamav.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (tad.clamav.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 2+Zi0J1nxnFx for ; Thu, 30 Aug 2007 21:10:20 +0200 (CEST) Received: from iment2.iment.com (iment2.iment.com [69.94.26.128]) by tad.clamav.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 873FB31C016 for ; Thu, 30 Aug 2007 21:10:20 +0200 (CEST) Received: from imemail.iment.cape.com (imegate [10.94.26.74]) by iment2.iment.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C04694EF2D for ; Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:10:19 -0400 (EDT) Received: by imemail.iment.cape.com (Postfix, from userid 24) id 95E092A5C041; Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:10:19 -0400 (EDT) X-IME-Tag: b4c2b968-be3f-e11c-7696-30ead229cc10-fe-38-34-e5 Received: from ime5.iment.local [192.168.0.105] by imemail.iment.cape.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 817482A5C040 for ; Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:10:19 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:10:19 -0400 From: Paul Kosinski To: clamav-users@lists.clamav.net Message-ID: <20070830151019.103eda22@ime5.iment.local> Organization: InterMedia Enterprises X-Mailer: Claws Mail Mime-Version: 1.0 Subject: [Clamav-users] Sourcefire acquires ClamAV X-BeenThere: clamav-users@lists.clamav.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: ClamAV users ML List-Id: ClamAV users ML List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: clamav-users-bounces@lists.clamav.net Errors-To: clamav-users-bounces@lists.clamav.net There is another aspect to the acquisition of ClamAV that seems not to have been discussed. What happens to the people who made monetary donations to the ClamAV project? (I am not in this group, as I never quite got around to it.) I would imagine that many people who donated to ClamAV did so in the hope of ensuring the continued availability of Open Source anti-virus technology. Now they have become unwitting investors. Of course, they did get a FOSS ClamAV up till now and into the indefinite future, and without donations ClamAV might have not survived, so they did get a "return on investment". But will they get a monetary ROI? Should they? I think this may become an issue for all Open Source projects. Will people be less willing to donate to them in the future? What might be a "code of conduct" for FOSS projects? BTW, the ClamAV Website *still* has a "donate money" Web page (as of 30 Aug 2007). _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html