Re: [Clamav-users] Re: Re: Re: Re: Windows port ?
On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 05:58:24 +0200 "Remi Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. -- oo. Tomasz Kojm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (\/)\. http://www.ClamAV.net/gpg/tkojm.gpg \..._ 0DCA5A08407D5288279DB43454822DC8985A444B //\ /\ Thu Sep 23 13:02:13 CEST 2004 pgpoPAGMLmsKw.pgp Description: PGP signature
RE: [Clamav-users] Re: Re: Re: Re: Windows port ?
> > > > 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
Re: [Clamav-users] Re: Re: Re: Re: Windows port ?
On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 12:42:00 -0700 "Mitch (WebCob)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 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. -- oo. Tomasz Kojm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (\/)\. http://www.ClamAV.net/gpg/tkojm.gpg \..._ 0DCA5A08407D5288279DB43454822DC8985A444B //\ /\ Thu Sep 23 23:45:05 CEST 2004 pgpjcjNDNBiRP.pgp Description: PGP signature
RE: [Clamav-users] Re: Re: Re: Re: Windows port ?
> > 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? 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
Re: [Clamav-users] Re: Re: Re: Re: Windows port ?
On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 05:58:24 +0200 "Remi Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. -- oo. Tomasz Kojm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (\/)\. http://www.ClamAV.net/gpg/tkojm.gpg \..._ 0DCA5A08407D5288279DB43454822DC8985A444B //\ /\ Thu Sep 23 13:02:13 CEST 2004 pgpooakTME3ic.pgp Description: PGP signature
RE: [Clamav-users] Re: Re: Re: Re: Windows port ?
Remi wrote: > > No, it won't. Security by obscurity is a nonsense. > It's true only for cryptography I think. > Anyone with a disassembler can find your secret sauce as soon as they download your product. A lot of effort yes... but if what you think you have found has any value it will be done. Consider the volume of movies and software and keygens released daily... The people who write viruses are used to low level analysis and reverse engineering of systems and their weaknesses - right? They aren't particularly fond of the laws... That's the reason the big vendors have to keep rolling new engines as well ;-) 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
Re: [Clamav-users] Re: Re: Re: Re: Windows port ?
Remi Thomas said: > Tomasz Kojm wrote: > >> No, it won't. Security by obscurity is a nonsense. > It's true only for cryptography I think. > >> It would be really nice if you could share your code with us to make >> ClamAV a better software. > > Ok, you can download the clam database handling and file scanner at > http://uscanit.free.fr/lib.zip > > This project won't compile because many other libs are missing, but source > is very readable. > You'll see this code is very Windows specific. This code cover 100% of the > clam database handling. > > Sincerely, > Remi > Before I pass out from bordom or cebral cortex collapse, could we prefix our subject lines with appropriate indicators such as [Windows blah blah blah] or [pointless rant that attempts to make a point] or [flagrant attempt to justify exploiting another's Intellectual Property] so the rest of us can focus on the important bits? I've got some viruses to block and I'd like to get back to discussing that. dp --- 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
