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How is the Snort Engine licensed?

April 26, 2017engine licensed SNORT

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How is the Snort Engine licensed?

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There are no changes to the licensing or distribution of the Snort engine. The Snort engine continues to be distributed under the free software/open source GNU General Public License (commonly known as the “GPL”). With the GPL license, Snort is available free of charge. Users may download the software for free and modify, integrate and distribute it. However, GPL users must abide by the rules of the GPL, which stipulates that if a Snort-derived application is redistributed, the complete source code for this application must also be open and available for redistribution.

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The Snort engine continues to be distributed under the free software/open source GNU General Public License version 2 (commonly known as the “GPL v.2”). With the GPL license, Snort is available free of charge. Users may download the software for free and modify, integrate, and distribute it. However, GPL users must abide by the rules of the GPL, which stipulates that if a Snort-derived application is redistributed, the complete source code for this application must also be open and available for redistribution.