David F. Skoll wrote:
> Mike Guiterman wrote:
>
> [some things]
>
> Mike, would you care to comment on these remarks from Wayne Jackson,
> CEO of Sourcefire?
>
> After a clean-up of the project's code base, Sourcefire will likely
> create a new license for third party providers of the technology
> during the first quarter of 2008.
>
> While Sourcefire has promised to continue to distribute versions of
> ClamAv software that meet the parameters of the open source general
> product license (GPL), the OEM licensing model will not necessarily
> adhere to all elements of the GPL, Jackson said. The arrangement fits
> the same model Sourcefire has pursued with Snort.
>
> Reference: http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/08/17/Sourcefire-acquires-open-source-AV-project_2.html
My swag would be that indicates there will be features present in the
OEM versions that are not included in the GPL version. It's like that
with Big Brother monitoring software and Snort if memory serves.
Hopefully they won't use the Sun Microsystems view of things where
Solaris is free but the patches are $400/year. That was a problem when
the 2007 daylight saving time patches were needed. I doubt I'll be
installing much more "free" Solaris as a result.
dp
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