Re: [Snort-users] Licensing

To lay things out explicitly:

1) Existing rules distributed from snort.org prior to March 7th will=20
remain under the GPL and can be redistributed/downloaded if you=20
register (for free).

2) Community rules developed externally to Sourcefire will be available=20=

under their respective author's licenses as before.

3) VRT rules developed and QA'd at Sourcefire will be available for=20
commercial redistribution if the commercial entity acquires a license=20
from Sourcefire. End users (corporate or otherwise) may register and=20
receive their rules as usual *or* they may individually subscribe to=20
snort.org for a fee to receive rules at the same time Sourcefire=20
customers do. If they do not wish to register at all then there will=20
be rules updates in Snort point releases every 3-6 months.

In other words, if you want the VRT rules as an end user you do not=20
have to pay, you just have to register. If you want to get early=20
access to them then you need a for-pay subscription. Open source end=20
users (i.e. those that aren't offering products or services that=20
redistribute Snort rules as part of the offering) can get the VRT rules=20=

just by registering. Companies that are redistributing the VRT rules=20
as part of a product offering or service will need a for-pay license=20
from Sourcefire.


-Marty


On Mar 7, 2005, at 6:07 PM, Rowland, Krisa W ERDC-ITL-MS Contractor=20
wrote:

> Ok.=A0 I know I haven=92t read all the hoopla and complaining about =
this=20
> new licensing =96 but this means that if we want the VRT rules we have=20=

> to pay?=A0 Sorry for being slow=85
>
> =A0
>
> Krisa Rowland
>
> =A0
>
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Sourcefire - Discover. Determine. Defend. - http://www.sourcefire.com
Snort: Open Source Intrusion Detection and Prevention -=20
http://www.snort.org



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