What counts as a license?

Created 2001-08-26 by Rainer Gerhards
Updated 2006-06-06 by Rainer Gerhards.

For WinSyslog editions other than the  free edition, a license is required. Many people have asked what exactly is licensed and - importantly - if they need a license for each devices (e.g. router) that is sending syslog messages to WinSyslog.

WinSyslog is basically licensed on a per-machine basis. This means the machine the product is installed on. However, each edition also includes a maximum number of clients that it is licensed to be used with. The reason is that we would like big installations to do a fair contribution to the WinSyslog development and support costs. Consqeuently, the basic packages contain a generous client license count. Client licenses come together with your main WinSyslog license. So multiple WinSyslog licenses are only needed if multiple instances of the product are installed. This most probably is the case in larger organizations which have a syslog forwarding hierarchy.

For the number of client licenses included, please see our WinSyslog Edition Comparison sheet.