Comments on: Open Source Antivirus: ClamAV project sold to Sourcefire http://robertogaloppini.net/2007/08/20/open-source-antivirus-clamav-project-sold-to-sourcefire/ “equally critical of proprietary and open source myths, advocating software choice beyond marketing and romanticism” Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:32:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Roberto Galoppini http://robertogaloppini.net/2007/08/20/open-source-antivirus-clamav-project-sold-to-sourcefire/comment-page-1/#comment-484288 Roberto Galoppini Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:57:08 +0000 http://robertogaloppini.net/2007/08/20/open-source-antivirus-clamav-project-sold-to-sourcefire/#comment-484288 Not many really. <a href="http://robertogaloppini.net/2008/07/04/open-source-development-about-community-and-sponsored-projects/" rel="nofollow">community open source projects</a> tend to stay that way for life, even if they become hybrid projects. <a href="http://acquia.com/about-us" rel="nofollow">Acquia</a>, providing value-added services for <a href="http://drupal.org/" rel="nofollow">Drupal</a> is an example of what happens "usually". Instead "buying" a community project is not an easy goal, since copyright assignments should be signed by each author. And, even if feasible, "buying" a community is risky bet, definitely a decision to be handled with care. Not many really. community open source projects tend to stay that way for life, even if they become hybrid projects. Acquia, providing value-added services for Drupal is an example of what happens “usually”. Instead “buying” a community project is not an easy goal, since copyright assignments should be signed by each author. And, even if feasible, “buying” a community is risky bet, definitely a decision to be handled with care.

]]> By: tom http://robertogaloppini.net/2007/08/20/open-source-antivirus-clamav-project-sold-to-sourcefire/comment-page-1/#comment-480639 tom Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:22:31 +0000 http://robertogaloppini.net/2007/08/20/open-source-antivirus-clamav-project-sold-to-sourcefire/#comment-480639 Interesting! I have been using Win Clam for sometime and just happened to find this piece of news by chance. Which are other open source projects sold out in this manner? Interesting! I have been using Win Clam for sometime and just happened to find this piece of news by chance.

Which are other open source projects sold out in this manner?

]]> By: mike http://robertogaloppini.net/2007/08/20/open-source-antivirus-clamav-project-sold-to-sourcefire/comment-page-1/#comment-445644 mike Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:05:53 +0000 http://robertogaloppini.net/2007/08/20/open-source-antivirus-clamav-project-sold-to-sourcefire/#comment-445644 Hi Roberto, Interesting trend: Another open source security project sold. OSSEC HIDS project acquired: http://www.ossec.net/main/ossec-project-acquired What do you think? -m Hi Roberto,

Interesting trend: Another open source security project sold.

OSSEC HIDS project acquired:
http://www.ossec.net/main/ossec-project-acquired

What do you think?

-m

]]> By: Sourcefire aquires ClamAV : An Information Technology Perspective http://robertogaloppini.net/2007/08/20/open-source-antivirus-clamav-project-sold-to-sourcefire/comment-page-1/#comment-103706 Sourcefire aquires ClamAV : An Information Technology Perspective Sat, 22 Sep 2007 20:39:09 +0000 http://robertogaloppini.net/2007/08/20/open-source-antivirus-clamav-project-sold-to-sourcefire/#comment-103706 [...] Having been a longtime supporter of the ClamAV project, I was interested to see the headline, Open Source Antivirus: ClamAV project sold to Sourcefire. ClamWin is actually the product that I’ve used extensively in the past. Our new self-service kiosk project at work is running this and doing beautifully through the test period. [...] [...] Having been a longtime supporter of the ClamAV project, I was interested to see the headline, Open Source Antivirus: ClamAV project sold to Sourcefire. ClamWin is actually the product that I’ve used extensively in the past. Our new self-service kiosk project at work is running this and doing beautifully through the test period. [...]

]]> By: University Update - Linux - Open Source Antivirus: ClamAV project sold to Sourcefire http://robertogaloppini.net/2007/08/20/open-source-antivirus-clamav-project-sold-to-sourcefire/comment-page-1/#comment-81716 University Update - Linux - Open Source Antivirus: ClamAV project sold to Sourcefire Mon, 20 Aug 2007 17:41:08 +0000 http://robertogaloppini.net/2007/08/20/open-source-antivirus-clamav-project-sold-to-sourcefire/#comment-81716 [...] YouTube Open Source Antivirus: ClamAV project sold to Sourcefire » This Summary is from an article posted at Commercial Open Source Software on Monday, August 20, 2007 The ClamAV project - the known open source anti-virus toolkit - last friday announced that all project’s Intellectual assets had been sold from the ... from StillSecure, or worse Tenable Security, Sourcefire seems willing to balance open source and business ... (mainly virus signatures) from now on? Dana asks if open source users, are going to get caught Summary Provided by Technorati.comView Original Article at Commercial Open Source Software » 10 Most Recent News Articles About Linux [...] [...] YouTube Open Source Antivirus: ClamAV project sold to Sourcefire » This Summary is from an article posted at Commercial Open Source Software on Monday, August 20, 2007 The ClamAV project - the known open source anti-virus toolkit - last friday announced that all project’s Intellectual assets had been sold from the … from StillSecure, or worse Tenable Security, Sourcefire seems willing to balance open source and business … (mainly virus signatures) from now on? Dana asks if open source users, are going to get caught Summary Provided by Technorati.comView Original Article at Commercial Open Source Software » 10 Most Recent News Articles About Linux [...]

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