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Wireshark-users: [Wireshark-users] Dissector legal question

From: "Beno, Tal" <Tal_Beno@xxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:41:13 -0500

Quick legal question please:

I want to extend Wireshark (tshark) with one proprietary dissector. I want it to save the data into a file and I will read the file with my commercial process.

Can I package it as part of my commercial product that way? Does the LGPL license mean that my dissector code is automatically also an open source and freely distributed to parties that I sell to? Is there any way for me to keep that one dissector proprietary?

 

Thanks!

Tal