Ethereal-dev: [Ethereal-dev] [Fwd: ClearSight Analyzer's use of Ethereal decode engine]

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From: Gerald Combs <gerald@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2004 17:10:26 -0600
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.

-------- 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?