[clamav-users] ClamAV - Open Source License

[Sierk Bornemann]

ClamAV® is an open source (GPL) anti-virus engine […]
http://www.clamav.net/about

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ClamAV© User Manual, 2017 Cisco Systems, Inc. Authors: Tomasz Kojm
This document is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2.

Clam AntiVirus is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
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Source a): https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-devel/blob/master/docs/clamdoc.pdf
Source b): https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-faq/raw/master/manual/clamdoc.pdf

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vrtadmin/clamav-devel is licensed under the
GNU General Public License v2.0

The GNU GPL is the most widely used free software license and has a strong copyleft requirement. When distributing derived works, the source code of the work must be made available under the same license. There are multiple variants of the GNU GPL, each with different requirements.
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Source (licence itself): https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-devel/blob/master/COPYING

Wikipedia( en): Clam AntiVirus: License: GNU General Public License
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clam_AntiVirus

> Am 29.11.2017 um 18:57 schrieb Peggy Anstett <peggy.anstett at relativity.com>:
> 
> Hi, does anyone know which open source license ClamAV is licensed under? Thanks in advance!
> 
> Peggy Anstett

> From: Peggy Anstett
> Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2017 11:47 AM
> To: 'clamav-users at lists.clamav.net' <clamav-users at lists.clamav.net>
> Subject: ClamAV - Open Source License
> 
> Hi there,
> 
> Can you please advise which open source license the ClamAV library is licensed under? The documentation is somewhat confusing.
> 
> Thank you!
> 
> Peggy Anstett