New param "source environment"?
Jeremy Allison
jallison at cthulhu.engr.sgi.com
Thu Jul 22 18:10:45 GMT 1999
Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
>
> On Wed, 21 Jul 1999, Michel Banguerski wrote:
>
> > I'm currently studing a way to integrate the trendmicro's virus scaner
> > in samba, this hybrid could compete with NT servers running
> > antiviruses like 'ServerProtect' from trend.
> >
> > The main problem i have is licence issues: i give much credit
> > to GPL (there is an autograph of Richard Stallman on the laptop
> > i use to write this mail :o), unfortunately trendmicro is not
> > ready for the open source adventure.
>
> doesn't matter: libraries are exempt. if you can write up a vfs module
> with the arguments you suggest that runs dynamically, and thereby runs
> trendmicro's anti-virus software, for example, that would be great.
Luke, you are incorrect. Please don't say that.
Just to be very clear here - libraries are *NOT* exempt.
We would have to give a special dispensation for vfs libraries
in order for this to work.
Regards,
Jeremy Allison,
Samba Team.
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