Dear syslog-ng users, As some of you might already know from my blog, BalaBit has started working on a commercial fork of syslog-ng, named "syslog-ng Premium Edition". While the number of differences between the current premium and open source versions is marginal, it is expected to grow over time. We are planning to use dual-licensing: * the free edition will be available under the GPL, just as it's been in the past, * the commercial edition will be covered by a conventional, commercial license The two editions will be released from the same source tree, ensuring that non-differentiating changes will become part of both the free and commercial versions. I hope the syslog-ng community finds this change acceptable in the direction of syslog-ng, as it will result in more choices and a better syslog-ng. I - as the author of syslog-ng - personally think that this change will make it possible to allocate more resources to syslog-ng itself which will also benefit the users of the free edition of syslog-ng. This change is going to trigger some changes as the current syslog-ng development infrastructure goes: * this mailing list remains The list of the open source version of syslog-ng, apart from this single time posting BalaBit does not plan to use it as a "marketing" resource. * the syslog-ng-announce mailing list will become a more "traditional" product announcement mailing list for all editions of syslog-ng, so commercial announcements will be sent there too. * the website will be restructured in the near-future to include a spot for both editions, a separate page for syslog-ng open source edition will remain active though I think those are about the things that I wanted to inform you in advance. We'll see how things work out. If you have questions, please feel free to ask, either on the mailing list, or by sending a personal email to me. -- Bazsi