On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 09:22:35PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 08:31:01PM +0200, Andreas Barth wrote:
> > Actually, I doubt that this file is copyrightable at all, as it is so
> > small. The web site says, the file contains
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED](P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*
> > (including or not the final CR/LF).
> >
> > This string is also written on Wikipedia with
> > Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
> > document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License,
> > Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software
> > Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts,
> > and with no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in
> > the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".
> > Content on Wikipedia is covered by disclaimers.
>
> I guess that this is not intentional, but the standard wikipedia
> license disclaimer and may be a license violation itself.
I've contacted the legal advisor of Eicar e.V. for the exact distribution
and license terms.
Since some time has passed and Lenny is getting nearer, can you please
apply the patch by Kees, which should fix this issue AFAICS?
Cheers,
Moritz
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