Nessus News (2.2.1 / Plugin Feed / New WebSite)

[Renaud Deraison]

On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 09:34:41PM -0500, Kevin Davis wrote:
> >At bare minimum, you'd have to register for the free (7 days delayed)
> >feed, yes. For the record, there are over 3,000 non-GPL plugins in
> >the feed today, and that does not seem to have annoyed anyone so far.
> >
> 
> Those plugins are currently able to be brought down and used by anyone.  Is 
> it wrong to assume that those 3000+ non GPL plugins will be restricted to 
> only those having a "non GPL" feed after the first of the year?

These 3000+ plugins will be available for the people who simply
register on the website. So yes, they will be removed from
/nasl/all-2.0.tar.gz. 

As for the first part of your message, the current plugins _ARE_ brought
down and used by anyone, but some usages (like reselling them on an
appliance) are cleary unacceptable today already. If you are someone who
happens to be re-distributing the plugins commercially, maybe you should
have asked the copyright owner if you were allowed to do so.


				-- Renaud