On Mon, 2004-06-21 at 10:04 +0100, Paul Smith wrote: > Sorry if this is a FAQ - I've searched and can't find anything about it > anywhere..
I think this is more of a gpl FAQ http://www.gnu.org/licenses/licenses.html#GPL I believe any linking directly or indirectly (via a shim as you suggest) is a violation of the GPL. I don't believe talking to the daemon via TCP/IP (or even a socket) would be a violation, but along with Jeremy, IANAL (I can sleep at night). As a fail-safe, I would recommend one of 3 options: 1) Seek advice from a lawyer with experience of the GPL 2) Release your application under the GPL 3) Don't support clamav > > We have a commercial product, which we want to keep commercial. It's some > email server software, which has the capability to run an external virus > scanner (currently it supports several commercial virus scanners) > We tend to either use commercial components, or truly free components (lua, > sqlite etc) rather than GPL ones, because GPL is such a minefield - but, > unfortunately, there don't seem to be any truly free virus scanners around. John. -- GPG: B89C D450 5B2C 74D8 58FB A360 9B06 B5C2 26F0 3047 URL: http://www.johnleach.co.uk
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