Hi all, I just saw a promotion link in SF.NET regarding a *open source project* called splunk server(https://splunkforge.org/). But when I looked at the License(http://www.splunk.com/index.php/articles/news/66) of the product it looks weird. In the first part they uses the term *FREE SOFTWARE* and in the License part they says some restrictions for use <quote> Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Splunk grants to You a non-exclusive, worldwide, fully-paid up copyright license to use, copy, and distribute the Free Splunk Software in binary form only and only subject to the following conditions: (i) to index no more than 500MB of peak daily volume of uncompressed data (the "Maximum Peak Daily Volume�?). </quote>
My doubt is that, does this come under the definition of Free Software? If it doesn't it will be misleading to use the term *Free Software*.
regards Manilal K M.
Hi,
I just saw a promotion link in SF.NET regarding a *open sourceproject* called splunk server(https://splunkforge.org/). But when I looked at the License(http://www.splunk.com/index.php/articles/news/66) of the product it looks weird. In the first part they uses the term *FREE SOFTWARE* and in the License part they says some restrictions for use
SF.Net [and all sites under OSTG] accept ads from companies which sell non-free stuff. In fact, M$ is the biggest advertiser on Linux.com. I have seen the Splunk ad ... but where does it say that it's Free/Open Source Software? SplunkForge is the site for Free/Open Source extensions to the Splunk engine, which is non-free anyway. Can you point us to any page where they claim that Splunk is free software? Regards, BG
-- Baishampayan Ghose Free Software Foundation of India b.ghose at gnu.org.in
On 12/5/05, Baishampayan Ghose b.ghose@gnu.org.in wrote:
Hi,
I just saw a promotion link in SF.NET regarding a *open sourceproject* called splunk server(https://splunkforge.org/). But when I looked at the License(http://www.splunk.com/index.php/articles/news/66) of the product it looks weird. In the first part they uses the term *FREE SOFTWARE* and in the License part they says some restrictions for use
SF.Net [and all sites under OSTG] accept ads from companies which sell non-free stuff. In fact, M$ is the biggest advertiser on Linux.com. I have seen the Splunk ad ... but where does it say that it's Free/Open Source Software? SplunkForge is the site for Free/Open Source extensions to the Splunk engine, which is non-free anyway. Can you point us to any page where they claim that Splunk is free software? Regards, BG
Visit this link. it was included in my first posting also. http://www.splunk.com/index.php/articles/news/66
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
Manilal,
Visit this link. it was included in my first posting also. http://www.splunk.com/index.php/articles/news/66
Well, they tend to use the term ``Free Software'' to mean freeware. And the real ``Free Software'' is ``Open Source Software'' to them. So we can't really do anything as the license clearly states that the software is gratis and not libre. Regards, BG
-- Baishampayan Ghose Free Software Foundation of India b.ghose at gnu.org.in
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