Re:The long life of Apache httpd 2.4
by formerly_proven on Sunday May 21, 2023 @05:36AM
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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
> 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.
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...
Read interview from Sysoev himself about how nginx started
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.