[Fsf-friends] Attn: Legal specialists -- License of Splunk server

[Sandip Bhattacharya]

On Monday, 5 Dec 2005 6:40 pm, Manilal K M wrote:

> Visit this link. it was included in my first posting also.
> http://www.splunk.com/index.php/articles/news/66
>

Yup, read this part carefully at the top of the page.

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THIS FREE SPLUNK SERVER END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT (THE "AGREEMENT") GOVERNS 
THE FREE SPLUNK SERVER SOFTWARE (THE "FREE SOFTWARE") PROVIDED BY SPLUNK INC. 
("SPLUNK") THAT IS MADE AVAILABLE FOR FREE DOWNLOAD FROM SPLUNK’S WEBSITE 
(TOGETHER WITH ANY UPDATES, UPGRADES, OR MODIFICATIONS THERETO, THE "FREE 
SOFTWARE"), PROVIDED THAT THIS AGREEMENT DOES NOT APPLY TO SPLUNK SOFTWARE 
LICENSED UNDER THE GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE OR THE SPLUNK PROFESSIONAL SOFTWARE 
LICENSE AGREEMENT.
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That is the problem of twisting common english words. If FSF can redefine the 
word "Free", so can Splunk, and they have just done that above. ;)

- Sandip

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