Mongoose project status and licensing change

[Joel Sherrill]

On 8/16/2013 10:16 AM, Gedare Bloom wrote:
> Make sure there is actually a community for the new fork? Wait for the
> dust to settle?
Let's wait for the dust to settle.

If this gets any traction, we need to get one or two people
involved on the project as committers. That will make it
easier for us to update in the future.

Honestly, I would love to get to the point where third
party packages are outside RTEMS proper and handled
via the RSB.
> 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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joel.sherrill at OARcorp.com        On-Line Applications Research
Ask me about RTEMS: a free RTOS  Huntsville AL 35805
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