On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 09:43:36AM +0200, Tomās Núņez Lirola wrote: > Hi > I want to put an antivirus on the mail server (BugBear helped me to convince > my boss). Now is time for wondering about licenses. > > Kaspersky and F-Prot (two examples) have a product for a mail server. If I > use > their product for a personal use (wich license price is a 5% of the mail > server license) with amavis, am I doing something illegal? Does the license > permit its use with amavis? > I need to know it for sure... so can anyone help me? > > However, the open alternatives (clamav, openantivirus, etc) are stable > enough? > They get updated fast enough? >
We use Amavis + McAfee uvscan. I downloaded uvscan from McAfee website (the Linux / personal version). A few days later, a rep called me, to get feedback about my product "evaluation". Him: Are you satisfied with the product ? Me: Yes, it works fairly well. Him: Do you plan to buy it for your organisation ? Me: Yes, sure ! Him: On how many systems do you plan to install the software. Me: Hmm... One ! Him: Then it's just for your personal use ? Me: No, it's for the mail serer. But we have just one (!) Him: Hmmm... I think we have a problem, we sell this product with a minimum 5 license pack. Me: One would be enough, I believe. Him: Then you should continue to use the free version you downloaded. I understand you don't want to buy a five-pack for just one machine. Me: But I believe it's not possible according to the software license. Him: If you think so, then you have to buy the five-pack. Me: Let's go for it. Note: the five pack was something like 100-200 Euros, I don't remember. Not very expensive anyway. uvscan gets an update every few days. -- Nicolas Bougues Axialys Interactive
