Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] [Fwd: ClearSight Analyzer's use of Ethereal decode engine]
On Wed, 7 Jan 2004, Gerald Combs wrote:
> I received this email earlier today. After downloading a demo of
> ClearSight Anayzer, it's clear that they've DLL-ified Ethereal and call
> it directly from their application. A copy of the default decode engine
> (DecodeEngine.dll) resides in "DecodeEngines\Ethereal\". A string
> analysis of the DLL indicates that it contains Ethereal's dissector code
> plus epan, and possibly more of Ethereal's components.
>
> I sent an email to ClearSight, and am waiting for a response.
I would have to say, in response to the question below, that it is a clear
violation of the GPL.
Since Gerald has sent them an email, and he is the most appropriate person
to do that since he is the main copyright holder, we should sit back and
see what their response is.
> -------- Original Message --------
>
> In the process of evaluating network analyzers, I recently came across a
> product called ClearSight Analyzer from
> http://www.clearsightnetworks.com. ClearSight clearly uses the Ethereal
> decode engine in their commercial product. They acknowledge this fact
> and don't try to hide it. Their product is not GPL'd, so isn't this in
> violation of Ethereal's GPL?
>
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