Mongoose project status and licensing change

[Gedare Bloom]

Make sure there is actually a community for the new fork? Wait for the
dust to settle?

On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 11:10 AM, Joel Sherrill
<joel.sherrill at oarcorp.com> wrote:
> Well now I have a suggestion. :)
>
> We weren't the only ones concerned with this. Someone
> forked it almost immediately:
>
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/civetweb/
>
> Now we have to make a plan.
>
> --joel
>
>
> On 8/15/2013 12:49 PM, Joel Sherrill wrote:
>>
>> On 8/15/2013 9:56 AM, Gedare Bloom wrote:
>>>
>>> So Mongoose is going GPL. We should look for an alternative embedded
>>> webserver for the RTEMS community. Any suggestions?
>>
>> I don't have any.
>>
>> My first thought was to update to the last version with an
>> RTEMS appropriate license. Then let the project know that
>> we couldn't update to a newer version due to the license
>> change.
>>
>> We can't include pure GPL code in RTEMS proper.
>>
>> Beyond that, I suppose we have to do some research on
>> options. Forking is one but that's not my first choice.
>>
>> --joel
>>>
>>> -Gedare
>>>
>>> On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 10:47 AM, Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrill at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>> From: "Sergey Lyubka" <valenok at gmail.com>
>>>> Date: Aug 15, 2013 3:57 AM
>>>> Subject: Mongoose project status and licensing change
>>>> To: "mongoose-users" <mongoose-users at googlegroups.com>
>>>> Cc:
>>>>
>>>> Hi mongoose users!
>>>>
>>>> It is 9 years since I've started working on mongoose. Now it got to the
>>>> point when project requires attention that exceeds free-time capacity of
>>>> a
>>>> single person (myself). I have decided to back mongoose by a company.
>>>> I've
>>>> started Cesanta Software and set the following goals:
>>>>
>>>>      o  enhance mongoose embedding capabilities (e.g., provide OS API
>>>> abstraction akin to Sqlite)
>>>>      o  enhance Lua API
>>>>      o  enhance Websocket support
>>>>      o  enhance testing
>>>>      o  enhance HTTP client
>>>>      o  provide fast response to issues
>>>>      o  provide technical support with SLA
>>>>      o  build a strong team of full- and part-time mongoose developers
>>>>
>>>> Mongoose continues to be open source, and changes it's license from MIT
>>>> to
>>>> dual license:
>>>>     o  for non-commercial use, Mongoose continues to be free, available
>>>> under
>>>> GPL v.2 license
>>>>     o  businesses must get a standard commercial license
>>>>
>>>> I would be happy to answer any questions.
>>>>
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