[Fwbuilder-discussion] Firewall Builder Update

[Mike H. <mi...@ne...>]

Hi,

*Vadim and I have some exciting news to share with the Firewall Builder
community.

First, we are happy to announce a change to the Firewall Builder licensing
model.  For many years Firewall Builder has been available under a dual
license model where the source code is available under an open source
license and pre-built packages for Windows and Mac are available under a
commercial license.

Effective immediately we are converting to an open source license for all
operating systems, so now users can choose to run Firewall Builder on any
OS they prefer.  You can download a copy of the open source Windows and Mac
binaries from our website here:*
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http://www.fwbuilder.org/4.0/docs/firewall_builder_packages.html

*Even if you already have a copy of Firewall Builder installed, you will
need to download and install a new copy of Firewall Builder, including
accepting the new GPL license, in order to run the application under the
open source license.

The other exciting news is that after working on Firewall Builder as a
nights-and-weekends project for many years we are very happy to share that
we have found a way to leverage our passion for security management into
full-time jobs.

Vadim, me and two other friends recently formed a company to develop
commercial security management solutions. These commercial solutions will
be designed for large enterprises that have very large and complex security
environments.

We can’t share too many details right now, but we will be sharing more
information about this soon.  If you are interested in learning more about
the commercial solutions we are working on you can register for updates by
sending an email to:

sen...@ne...

Finally, this doesn’t mean that we will stop working on Firewall Builder.
We will continue to work on Firewall Builder as time permits, but it does
mean that we will be relying more heavily on other users in the Firewall
Builder community to help with supporting new users and answering questions.

We have put together a list of answers to potential questions in the FAQ
link below.*
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http://www.fwbuilder.org/4.0/license_faq.html

Regards,

Vadim & Mike