Message 142 - Orthanc issue tracker

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Date	2018-02-19.15:00:34

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[BitBucket user: Thibault Nélis] [BitBucket date: 2018-02-19.14:00:34] RE CivetWeb switch; at least one distro reconsidering upgrading Mongoose: > When CESANTA bought the software rights from its original author, back in 2013 they had introduced a twisted LICENCE as well some issues to retrieve the source code. I've avoided updating it initially due to that, as it's better to have software working despite old, than bring in fancy new stuff with legal disputes. Seems that they're clearly stating on the github, now, that they're dual licenced and the redistribution can be done under GPL-V2 umbrella. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1354468#c5 Depending on how drop-in (or not) CivetWeb is, staying with Mongoose now looks to be a reasonable option too.

[BitBucket user: Thibault Nélis]
[BitBucket date: 2018-02-19.14:00:34]

RE CivetWeb switch; at least one distro reconsidering upgrading Mongoose:

> When CESANTA bought the software rights from its original author, back in 2013 they had introduced a twisted LICENCE as well some issues to retrieve the source code. I've avoided updating it initially due to that, as it's better to have software working despite old, than bring in fancy new stuff with legal disputes.
Seems that they're clearly stating on the github, now, that they're dual licenced and the redistribution can be done under GPL-V2 umbrella.

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1354468#c5

Depending on how drop-in (or not) CivetWeb is, staying with Mongoose now looks to be a reasonable option too.

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