Re: [Snort-users] Licensing

At 06:07 PM 3/7/2005, Rowland, Krisa W ERDC-ITL-MS Contractor wrote:
>Ok. I know I haven=92t read all the hoopla and complaining about this new=
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>licensing =96 but this means that if we want the VRT rules we have to=20
>pay? Sorry for being slow=85

Only if you want them as fast as the normal Sourcefire customers get them,=
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or if you want to rebundle them in a commercial product.

See Marty's post with Message ID:=20
45cfecfcfb7c474d58e180f5d9344bcd@sourcefire.com

AFAIK the VRT rules have always been available to SF customers before the=20
OSS side gets them. Fresher updates from VRT has been a selling point of SF=
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boxes for years. Now you can opt to subscribe to the faster updates for a=20
fee without having to buy a SF box.. Sounds good to me.

As for the rebundlers, well, I'd hate to compete with someone who's simply=
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sponging all my resources for free... They're also still free to use all=20
the snort code, even SF's contributions to the snort code, and the=20
community/bleeding rules in their commercial products.

I think they're being quite reasonable, as the changes only apply to the=20
VRT rules. I'm pleased they're willing to give us their VRT rules for free=
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at all.

Of course, if they ever did anything as unlikely as to try to subvert the=20
code, I'd show up on their doorstep to deliver a letter berating them for=20
the act, but I doubt Marty and co. will ever do such a thing. SF may not be=
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perfect people, but they seem to be Good People, and their continued=20
contributions to a free Snort are solid evidence of that.=20



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