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RE: "SHTTPD": Windows web-server, light-weight, stand-alone and multi-platform (Unix, etc)



Hi, 
 
If you have already paid to use Windows server, then it is effectively a 'free product'. However you need to be specially licensed to see the source code.
 
You also get IIS5 with XP, but I would not recommend using that as it is not as secure.
 

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From: owner-or-talk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Anothony Georgeo
Sent: Thu 08/06/2006 12:02
To: or-talk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: "SHTTPD": Windows web-server, light-weight, stand-alone and multi-platform (Unix, etc)



Hi,


--- Tony <Tony@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Windows Server 2003 already comes with IIS6

The Tor team wants 'free software' not Microsoft
products.

Access to source code and ability to modifity source
code is one of the main legs of 'free software' and
not allowed by Microsoft.

Please read this page for a great definition of 'free
software':
<http://www.fsf.org/licensing/essays/free-sw.html>

From the site:
---
Free software is a matter of the users' freedom to
run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve
the software. More precisely, it refers to four
kinds of freedom, for the users of the software:

* The freedom to run the program, for any purpose
(freedom 0).

* The freedom to study how the program works, and
adapt it to your needs (freedom 1). Access to the
source code is a precondition for this.

* The freedom to redistribute copies so you can
help your neighbor (freedom 2).

* The freedom to improve the program, and release
your improvements to the public, so that the
whole community benefits (freedom 3). Access to
the source code is a precondition for this.
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