On 05/24/12 08:56, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote: > > I think you can do that, but you must not copy the code. The safe ways > to avoit such legal problems is to have two groups of people, one that > reads, tries to understand how does the stuff work, and explains to > another one, that will build code based on those informations. > > However, the clamd protocol is afaik documented and you _can_ use that > knowledge to build your SW
You're referring to clean room reverse engineering[1], but the first person is the one who reverse engineers the system by observing its behavior in response to various inputs. He doesn't get to read the code. You can use the man page, of course, but the existence of documentation doesn't mean you can skirt the GPL even though the end result is the same. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_room_design _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml
