Re: PodHeitor Incremental Accelerator, Ransomware Detection and Remediation Plugin for Bacula

Hi,

wt., 28 kwi 2026 o 18:25 Heitor Faria <[email protected]> napisał(a):

> PVT. Not joking. Why dont you find is a valid solution?
>

b/c you do not have the right to change the license of the product you do
not own. (caveat: I'm assuming you did not get a dual-license from Bacula
Systems for your product, right?)
Your patch does not change the license, so it will be useless from the
legal standpoint.

Sure, you can do whatever you want in your own lab. You can mix and match
licenses, change the code, produce the new code, even proclaim independence
for this mix. Nobody's care.
But when you want to publish or provide services to your customers, you
need to comply with the license.

You can't build a commercial solution without publishing or providing
services.
All you can do is to split/separate your product on the AGPLv3 and the
proprietary parts.
As I wrote, I did something like this for IBAdmin - an advanced
webgui which does not violate AGPLv3 b/c it is just exec('bconsole') to
manage Bacula. No plugins, no problem.
So, to follow these principles you can use MetaPlugin infrastructure to
provide two layer solutions - plugin and backend. In this case all you need
is to provide opensource (AGPLv3) FD plugin based on MetaPlugin protocol.
This should work for application plugins like K8S available in Bacula or
vSphere advertised by you.

On the other hand, your "Incremental Accelerator, Ransomware Detection and
Remediation Plugin" is already two layer solution (as I can understand from
the overall architecture), so only the FD part needs to be AGPLv3 compliant
and your "PodHeitor Sentinel Daemon" can use any license you want - as long
as the boundary is unix socket/named pipes as described at the architecture.

Ask for advice from your local Intellectual Property lawyer to ensure your
ideas are compliant and your business can survive.
I wish you a very well for your new business solution. Fingers crossed.

best regards
-- 
Radosław Korzeniewski
[email protected]

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