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   Neil Craig (tdp_org@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 15-Feb-2024 18:11:11 JST Neil Craig

   Seems to be a bit of a split in #NGINX - It's been forked by a previous F5 employee in an effort to keep it free from interference.
   https://freenginx.org/

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     Neil Craig (tdp_org@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 15-Feb-2024 18:11:11 JST Neil Craig

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     Per off-the-record chats with F5ers (assuming they're correct), F5 didn't exactly manage OSS NGINX well. I was told that Maxim essentially ran OSS NGINX as a volunteer despite being employed by F5.
     That could all be totally wrong but IMO it fits with their behaviour I've experienced - it always felt more like *available* source than *open* source to me.
     This might all have serious repercussions, NGINX (& OpenResty which is based on it) is *everywhere*, 32% of the web https://www.netcraft.com/blog/january-2024-web-server-survey