Subj : Re: Grisoft changes $$$ (
To   : ALAN ZISMAN
From : CHARLES ANGELICH
Date : Mon Sep 12 2005 07:01 pm

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Hello Alan - 

CA>>> Nothing official that I know of as yet, no. Everyone
CA>>> thought DRDOS would continue the free legacy versions
CA>>> after it was purchased but that turned out to be false
CA>>> hope. 

GM>> Digital Research *HAS* always been in the business of
GM>> business (making money), so their refusal to continue the
GM>> free legacy versions did not surprise me... 

CA>> A bit more complicated than that. Digital sold DRDOS to
CA>> Caldera who spun it off to Lineo who eventually sold it to
CA>> DeviceLogics, Inc. who has shut down the FTP server where
CA>> the 'free' version of DRDOS was located. 

AZ> Is the implication that the free version could still be
AZ> legally distributed on other people's servers? 

There have been several opinions with some feeling that since
the earlier version was free it remains free. I have links to
download the free version of DRDOS at my website. 

CA>>> There is the somewhat bloated/slow AVAST and an attempt
CA>>> at creating an opensource virus scanner called EWIDO? 

GM>> I'm already running "the somewhat bloated/slow AVAST" on
GM>> the 'other' box due to licensing constraints... I will
GM>> Google for EWIDO and see what I can come up with... 

CA>> EWIDO wasn't finished when I checked on it some time ago. 

AZ> There's also the open source Clam-AV project. 

I vaguely recall mention of something like that but have never
installed it. 

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