Nginx to Be Acquired by F5 Networks

Re:Nginx to Be Acquired by F5 Networks by PaulBGD_ on Monday March 11, 2019 @05:03PM (#19362811)

The main reason I switched to nginx from apache years ago was due to configuration, which was much nicer from my side. If I was to switch away from nginx because something happened, I'd probably find something similar configuration and speed wise. Caddy looks nice.

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Re:Nginx to Be Acquired by F5 Networks by omnimus on Monday March 11, 2019 @05:27PM (#19362996)

https://caddyserver.com/products/licenses

i would end up paying twice as much for caddy as i do for server

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Re:Nginx to Be Acquired by F5 Networks by coder543 on Monday March 11, 2019 @05:49PM (#19363177)

You can use caddy commercially for free, the same as nginx. You just have to use a copy built from source by someone other than Light Code Labs, because the prebuilt binaries downloaded from the official caddy site are the only ones with the commercial licensing restriction.

I think caddy and nginx are both great pieces of software that have overly expensive commercial pricing.

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Re:Nginx to Be Acquired by F5 Networks by regecks on Monday March 11, 2019 @06:01PM (#19363293)

I had the same impression, but mholt pointed out to me that building from source or using the Github binary releases are valid alternatives to paying for licensing.

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