ClamAV is a Cisco project.  There’s no arguing that. 

All of the original team are observed here: https://www.clamav.net/about

So, not sure what you’re getting at.  

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> On Jul 28, 2022, at 16:56, Paul Kosinski via clamav-users 
> <clamav-users@lists.clamav.net> wrote:
> 
> 
>> 
>> At the moment three versions are officially supported by Cisco's Talos, the 
>> authors of the software.
> 
> Cisco's Talos are the *current* authors of the software.
> 
> ClamAV was started in 2001 by Tomasz Kojm and a group of Open Source 
> enthusiasts. In 2007, they sold the software to Sourcefire (of Snort fame), 
> and the principal developers joined Sourcefire as employees.
> 
> Cisco acquired Sourcefire in 2013. Since the original software was covered by 
> the GPLv2 license, Cisco has kept the source code open (as they must), 
> including the many improvements they have made.
> 
> 
> The Wikipedia article on ClamAV barely mentions its origin, but it does have 
> two links:
> 
>  
> https://web.archive.org/web/20120206053729/http://www.emailbattles.com/2005/08/31/virus_aabejfhaib_ag/
>  
>  (Tomasz Kojm interview)
> 
>  https://web.archive.org/web/20080828173858/http://www.clamav.net/about/
> 
> The latter in turn links to the original developer team:
> 
>  https://web.archive.org/web/20080828173858/http://www.clamav.net/about/team/
> 
> 
> Disclaimer: I have never been associated with the development of ClamAV, but 
> I have used it since well before the Sourcefire acquisition. (I even have a 
> copy of the 0.88.4 source code from 2006!) 
> 
> In any case, I think the originators of ClamAV should get proper credit.
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