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Re: [LUG] mod_fastcgi license

 


On 23 Jun 2014 18:45, "Gibbs" <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Does anyone know the license of mod_fastcgi for Apache? It is in Ubuntu's 'multiverse' repository which is non-free. I have configured both mod_fastcgi and mod_proxy_fcgi but apparently mod_fastcgi has 'performance' benefits with PHP.
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> Their website says "mod_fastcgi is a free, open-source Apache httpd module". Free as in price? There isn't a great deal of info via Google.
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> Gibbs
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It is not quite Free as defined by Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG), which Ubuntu mostly adheres to.

Rather than repeat, I'll pass you to this very old thread:
https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2000/12/msg00109.html

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