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https://lwn.net/Articles/700060/ https://lwn.net/Articles/700060/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=520077 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=520077 Was

by cies 3y ago

https://lwn.net/Articles/700060/ https://lwn.net/Articles/700060/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=520077 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=520077 Was it not? I find it hard to find sources, but I realllllly remember it started off as a heavily modified fork of Apache 1.3.

formerly_proven 3y ago
Well both of those are some guy (maybe even the same person...) saying it's an Apache 1.3 fork without copyright notices. On the other hand the full revision history is available and even linked in your first link. Also https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?29,207540,207585 https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?29,207540,207585 > nginx is not Apache fork. I know well enough Apache 1.3 and I've got some ideas from Apache such as memory pools, configuration methods, processing phases, etc., but there is no line of Apache code. As to OCSP, I'm going to implement it in the next 2.0 version. edit: Assuming "brianm" is Brian McCallister, he would be a former ASF board member. If "jimjag" is Jim Jagielski, that would be one of the ASF founders. Cursory googling finds a lot of shitpost-like tweets and comments from Jim Jagielski about nginx, like https://twitter.com/jimjag/status/1044638420545523712 https://twitter.com/jimjag/status/1044638420545523712 Notice how these two comments are the only instances on the internet where this accusation is leveraged, but no sources or follow-ups. You'd think they'd be doing something with this, like sueing nginx inc. Both of these seem to grind axes about nginx being more popular than apache, in whose development they are/were heavily involved.
- slt2021 3y ago
  these people are jealous that nginx was acquired by F5 for whopping $670 million, which is more like $800+ mlns in today's money. not a bad sum for apache 1.3 fork...
slt2021 3y ago
Read interview from Sysoev himself about how nginx started https://xakep.ru/2019/12/13/nginx-interview/ https://xakep.ru/2019/12/13/nginx-interview/

by cies 3y ago

formerly_proven 3y ago

Well both of those are some guy (maybe even the same person...) saying it's an Apache 1.3 fork without copyright notices. On the other hand the full revision history is available and even linked in your first link. Also https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?29,207540,207585 https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?29,207540,207585 > nginx is not Apache fork. I know well enough Apache 1.3 and I've got some ideas from Apache such as memory pools, configuration methods, processing phases, etc., but there is no line of Apache code. As to OCSP, I'm going to implement it in the next 2.0 version. edit: Assuming "brianm" is Brian McCallister, he would be a former ASF board member. If "jimjag" is Jim Jagielski, that would be one of the ASF founders. Cursory googling finds a lot of shitpost-like tweets and comments from Jim Jagielski about nginx, like https://twitter.com/jimjag/status/1044638420545523712 https://twitter.com/jimjag/status/1044638420545523712 Notice how these two comments are the only instances on the internet where this accusation is leveraged, but no sources or follow-ups. You'd think they'd be doing something with this, like sueing nginx inc. Both of these seem to grind axes about nginx being more popular than apache, in whose development they are/were heavily involved.

slt2021 3y ago
these people are jealous that nginx was acquired by F5 for whopping $670 million, which is more like $800+ mlns in today's money. not a bad sum for apache 1.3 fork...

slt2021 3y ago

Read interview from Sysoev himself about how nginx started https://xakep.ru/2019/12/13/nginx-interview/ https://xakep.ru/2019/12/13/nginx-interview/