[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: Remote health test for servers?



on Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 05:30:31PM -0500, Randy Rodriguez (randy@mercurytech.com) wrote:
> Jacob S. wrote:

> >>Let's not forget Big Brother
> >>http://www.bb4.com
> >>Easier to set up than Nagios, more extensible too.  Good community of 
> >>developers and users for support.

> They have a license the call the Better Than Free License (BTFL). 
> Basically, if you sell a service that incorporates BB, you have to 
> purchase a license, otherwise it's free.  As per the page: "Simply put, 
> if Big Brother is helping you or someone else (in the case of 
> outsourcing) make money then you'll need to get a commercial license."

That's not DFSG, OSI Open Source, or FSF Free Software free.

Me?  I'd avoid backing myself into that corner.


Peace.

-- 
Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com>        http://kmself.home.netcom.com/
 What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand?
  Gentoo is one step on the long road from Debian to Debian.

Attachment: signature.asc
Description: Digital signature


Reply to: