Re:Announcing Caddy Commercial Licenses
by ac2u on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @05:51PM
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I think for anyone interested there'll be lots of docker containers and forks that keep up to date with upstream and simplify getting the binaries.
I feel kind of bad for the authors here, the rollout of this hasn't been perfect. Right now they're suffering the wrath of folks angry at what they perceive as a bait and switch. (Although I think that's a little harsh also, given that you can compile your own for free)
It seems like they would probably have been better selling it as a commerical venture from the get-go as a niche premium version of nginx.
Of course, then it's harder to gain ground that way.
It's totally within rights, and the rates are completely reasonable for funded or profitable ventures. I'm just bummed that I can't quickly grab a Caddy binary and toss it in a container to help host, e.g., a little Bugzilla dashboard / frontend without worrying that I'm violating the "business use" or "internal company use" clauses.
I've used Apache, Lighttpd, Cherokee, and Nginx over the years, and this is the first time that an open source webserver has asked me to make a commercial/noncommercial distinction when using the core software. And while I could compile the OSS version, switching back to Nginx is a lower friction, simpler option.
On the upside, these decisions are mutable, and Caddy is excellent software produced by really great, reasonable people. I'm sure the kinks will get worked out eventually.