Comment GPL Screws Tenable and Tenable Screws GPL (Score 5, Informative) 394
A month ago I submitted a story (rejected, alas) about Tenable intentionally breaking the GPL version of Nessus:
When the 2.2.5 version of Nessus was released, Brian Weaver (formerly of OpenNMS fame) was puzzled why the GPL version wouldn't scan. After hacking through the source code, Weave found the answer: strong evidence suggesting Tenable Security, the sponsors of the GPL version of Nessus as well as a commercial version, deliberately crippled the GPL version of Nessus. With stunts like this, would you trust Tenable to protect your network?
