<div dir="ltr">On Thu, Feb 15, 2024 at 1:59 AM Maxim Dounin <<a href="mailto:mdounin@mdounin.ru">mdounin@mdounin.ru</a>> wrote:<div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hello!<br>
<br>
As you probably know, F5 closed Moscow office in 2022, and I no<br>
longer work for F5 since then. Still, we’ve reached an agreement<br>
that I will maintain my role in nginx development as a volunteer.<br>
And for almost two years I was working on improving nginx and<br>
making it better for everyone, for free.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>wow, I did not know that. Thank you for your work and contribution over these 2 years!</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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Unfortunately, some new non-technical management at F5 recently<br>
decided that they know better how to run open source projects. In<br>
particular, they decided to interfere with security policy nginx<br>
uses for years, ignoring both the policy and developers’ position.<br><br>
That’s quite understandable: they own the project, and can do<br>
anything with it, including doing marketing-motivated actions,<br>
ignoring developers position and community.</blockquote><div><br></div><div><div>would you be able to (within reason) give any examples of these?</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> Still, this<br>
contradicts our agreement. And, more importantly, I no longer able<br>
to control which changes are made in nginx within F5, and no longer<br>
see nginx as a free and open source project developed and<br>
maintained for the public good.<br>
<br>
As such, starting from today, I will no longer participate in nginx<br>
development as run by F5. Instead, I’m starting an alternative<br>
project, which is going to be run by developers, and not corporate<br>
entities:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://freenginx.org/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://freenginx.org/</a><br>
<br>
The goal is to keep nginx development free from arbitrary corporate<br>
actions. Help and contributions are welcome. Hope it will be<br>
beneficial for everyone.<br>
<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>thank you for continuing on with your efforts, and for this new effort!<br></div><div><br></div><div>-jf</div><div><br clear="all"></div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">--<br>He who settles on the idea of the intelligent man as a static entity only shows himself to be a fool.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>