ClamAV taken over by Sourcefire

Snort maker buys into open-source AV.

Open-source anti-virus product

ClamAV

has been acquired by

Sourcefire

, the US-based company behind leading open-source intrusion detection system

Snort

.

The takeover includes all available copyright and intellectual property relating to the

Clam

project, although much of the content will have to remain in the public domain, as well as related websites and source code repositories. Five members of the core team of developers working on the

Clam

project, including founder Tomasz Kojm, will now become employees of

Sourcefire

.

As with

Snort

, created by

Sourcefire

founder Martin Roesch,

ClamAV

is expected to remain an open-source community product, backed by

Sourcefire

resources, with a more refined version of the technology rolled into commercial products.

A release from

Sourcefire

on the acquisition is

here

, and an FAQ from

ClamAV

is

here

.

Posted on 20 August 2007 by

Virus Bulletin