announcing freenginx.org

[Manuel]

Good Evening Maxim,

thank you for the work.

I am speechless. My personal opinion:
@F5 get an advisor for open source
and maybe read something about enshittification m(

TT

Will follow freenginx then.
Thx.


> Am 14.02.2024 um 18:59 schrieb Maxim Dounin <mdounin at mdounin.ru>:
> 
> 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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