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Freenginx: Core Nginx developer announces fork

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Re: Freenginx: Core Nginx developer announces fork

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Post by dvko »

system2 wrote: post #7

There is no news other than this individual post. I wish he could describe it more. It says it is free but where is the github page for it?

> It says it is free but where is the github page for it?

Not sure if serious, but you do realise that free is not at all about having a GitHub page?

Maxim has been working on nginx for years and just forked the project so that he can continue working on it. The license remains the same as the original nginx project and you can already download its sources here: https://freenginx.org/en/download.html

Re: Freenginx: Core Nginx developer announces fork

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Post by water-your-self »

larodi wrote: post #6

Is called "rage-fork" perhaps this. So proposed title: nginx dev rage-forks over security disagreement with boss company But then perhaps he also has every right to do it, even though AFAIR the original author was somebody else.

Why does the identity of the original author matter here?

Re: Freenginx: Core Nginx developer announces fork

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Post by allanrbo »

larodi wrote: post #6

Is called "rage-fork" perhaps this. So proposed title: nginx dev rage-forks over security disagreement with boss company But then perhaps he also has every right to do it, even though AFAIR the original author was somebody else.

Igor, the original author, left in 2022 according to wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Sysoev

Re: Freenginx: Core Nginx developer announces fork

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Post by bemusedthrow75 »

stefanos82 wrote: post #17

I don't get it...does not he knows about angie [1]? It was created by NGINX core devs after F5 acquisition if I'm not mistaken and it's a drop-in replacement for NGINX. [1] https://github.com/webserver-llc/angie

This surely is the question. Why not Angie?

Re: Freenginx: Core Nginx developer announces fork

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Post by Kluggy »

larodi wrote: post #6

Is called "rage-fork" perhaps this. So proposed title: nginx dev rage-forks over security disagreement with boss company But then perhaps he also has every right to do it, even though AFAIR the original author was somebody else.

Rage-fork doesn’t show up anywhere in their announcement, nor does it read like they’re doing something specifically out of rage.

Everyone has a right to forking the project. Only time will tell if they get critical mass of developers to keep it going.

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