On Thu, 8 Apr 2004 13:16:51 -0400 "Brian Bruns" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Ok, I'm still somewhat unsure if your saying that the DB is covered by
the GPL, BSD, some other license, or if its considered public domain? I have not been able to find info on what the openav database was
licensed as.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ sigtool -u daily.cvd [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp$ less COPYING
IANAL...
I'm worried about the license choice : daily and main.cvd are clearly GPLed but I'm not sure if it prevents using them in proprietary software (you don't link to the cvd files, you only use them as data). I think it only prevents people from taking the files, modifying them and release them alone or as part of a whole package without the GPL attached for the cvd files.
Is it the real goal or shouldn't proprietary software be forbidden to use these files ?
In this case I'd try to make things clear by renaming COPYING to GPLv2 and adding a COPYING which clearly states that the whole CVD is covered by the GPL and software using the content for the purpose of detecting virii must be covered by the GPL too (I think you want to allow people to use proprietary software to transmit the file for example).
But as I said IANAL, better ask the fsf...
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