announcing freenginx.org

[Antoine Bonavita]

Maxim,

Thanks for the amazing work and your dedication all those years.

Will definitely follow freenginx and use it as my webserver of choice.

A.


On Thu, Feb 15, 2024 at 9:49 AM Archimedes Gaviola <
archimedes.gaviola at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> On Thu, Feb 15, 2024 at 2:03 AM Maxim Dounin <mdounin at mdounin.ru> wrote:
>
>> Hello!
>>
>> As you probably know, F5 closed Moscow office in 2022, and I no
>> longer work for F5 since then.  Still, we’ve reached an agreement
>> that I will maintain my role in nginx development as a volunteer.
>> And for almost two years I was working on improving nginx and
>> making it better for everyone, for free.
>>
>> Unfortunately, some new non-technical management at F5 recently
>> decided that they know better how to run open source projects.  In
>> particular, they decided to interfere with security policy nginx
>> uses for years, ignoring both the policy and developers’ position.
>>
>> That’s quite understandable: they own the project, and can do
>> anything with it, including doing marketing-motivated actions,
>> ignoring developers position and community.  Still, this
>> contradicts our agreement.  And, more importantly, I no longer able
>> to control which changes are made in nginx within F5, and no longer
>> see nginx as a free and open source project developed and
>> maintained for the public good.
>>
>> As such, starting from today, I will no longer participate in nginx
>> development as run by F5.  Instead, I’m starting an alternative
>> project, which is going to be run by developers, and not corporate
>> entities:
>>
>> http://freenginx.org/
>>
>> The goal is to keep nginx development free from arbitrary corporate
>> actions.  Help and contributions are welcome.  Hope it will be
>> beneficial for everyone.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Maxim Dounin
>> http://freenginx.org/
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>
>
> Hi Maxim,
>
> Sorry to hear that. Is the license still the same for freenginx?
>
> Thanks,
> Archimedes
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