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ipmitool

ipmitool is an open-source command-line utility for managing and configuring devices that support the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI). It is distributed under a BSD-style licence originally from Sun Microsystems.

Licensing at a Glance

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  1. ipmitool is a utility for managing and configuring devices that support the Intelligent Platform Management Interface.[1]

  2. The author released ipmitool under a BSD licence, and notes it was not written to provide large-scale enterprise management application functionality.[2]

  3. The licence, copyright 2003 Sun Microsystems, permits redistribution in source and binary form provided the copyright notice and conditions are retained, and forbids using Sun's name to endorse derived products.[3]

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References

  1. GitHub - ipmitool/ipmitool: An open-source tool for controlling IPMI-enabled systems · GitHub · github.com · retrieved 2026-10-02
  2. GitHub - ipmitool/ipmitool: An open-source tool for controlling IPMI-enabled systems · GitHub · github.com · retrieved 2026-10-02
  3. ipmitool/COPYING at master · ipmitool/ipmitool · GitHub · github.com · retrieved 2026-10-02
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