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.
******************************************************************************* 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. *******************************************************************************
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