announcing freenginx.org

[Roman Arutyunyan]

Hello,

On Wed, Feb 14, 2024 at 08:59:10PM +0300, Maxim Dounin 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.

All the best to you, Maxim.  On behalf of everyone that has been involved
in the nginx project, I would like to take this opportunity to recognize
your incredible contribution, not only to nginx, but to open source
software and the Internet itself.

We wish you the best of luck and would be pleased to work with you again
in future.

--
Roman Arutyunyan