> > > > Ok, you can download the clam database handling and file scanner > > > > at http://uscanit.free.fr/lib.zip > > > > > > It looks OK. Thanks for publishing it. > > > > > > > Can you clarify for the rest of us? Does that mean the clam team is > > accepting this sort of usage of the db? > > The library seems to cover _all_ operations that use the database in > some way (loading, pattern matching, scanning of zip files,...). We > can't forbid people to rewrite libclamav from a scratch and license it > under LGPL (which allows linking with closed apps), but well - that > would require a lot of hard work. As long as the mentioned heuristic > scanning is completely independent from the database it's not affected > by the GPL license. >
Ok... So for anyone else working on similar now or in future, this is the "approved" way to legally do it. Access the DB with an LGPL based library, publish the library and share the source of it, then do what you will behind the scenes. Or maybe even better, just use this library? Assuming it gets tagged with the LGPL license... m/ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: YOU BE THE JUDGE. Be one of 170 Project Admins to receive an Apple iPod Mini FREE for your judgement on who ports your project to Linux PPC the best. Sponsored by IBM. Deadline: Sept. 24. Go here: http://sf.net/ppc_contest.php _______________________________________________ Clamav-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/clamav-users
