Sourcefire Acquires ClamAV: Implications for Open Source Anti-Malware

Network security specialist Sourcefire announced Friday that it has acquired ClamAV, an open-source gateway anti-malware project whose technologies are used in the products of a number of other vendors. After reading this article I find my self wondering how this will affect open-source security. We all know Sourcefire is behind the Snort project but after acquiring ClamAV how will it change Snort's development?

Sourcefire said that under the terms of the deal, it has purchased all of the project's technology and related trademarks, as well as the copyrights controlled by all developers involved in the effort, including its founder Tomasz Kojm.

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