SIFT is an open source block parser. It's useful in probing a stream for 
sequences or blocks of data in order to automate, monitor or report status
based on content. It is possible to create complex interdependant block parsers.
A demo is in the bin directory called sift.py

It's design is intended to be used by support personel who are fimilar 
with the basics of python programming, but simple enough that a new parser 
should be easy enough to create in 30 minutes. The design should also make 
multiple custom log parsers easy to manage.

The framework is licensed under the Lesser GPL giving rights to propritery 
users of the framework.

The SIFT framework is Copyright of Peter Moore 2012. 

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
version 3 of the License, or any later version.

A copy of the license is available here http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html