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  How much to licence Lugnet technology?
 
Hi, Whilst this is perhaps off-topic in relation to matters Lego, I felt here was the best place to post. My question is : Would the underlying techonolgy setup used for Lugnet be suitable for another (non-Lego) related disscussion server? How much (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jul-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: How much to licence Lugnet technology?
 
In lugnet.admin.general, Alex Farlie writes: <snip> I know Todd had at one point thought that he might release the underlying tech, but I suspect (speculate, guess, seem to recall, made up statements, take your pick) that the code at this point is (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jul-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: How much to licence Lugnet technology?
 
(...) It's conceivable. It was designed to work in a variety of situations. There is quite a bit of LUGNET-specific stuff, though. I never got it all as separated cleanly as I'd wanted to. (...) Well, it's not actually for sale or license...although (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jul-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: How much to licence Lugnet technology?
 
Although I know I'm replying to a rather old thread, this topic is exactly what I was going to post about. I'm trying to set up a disscussion server (for teachers) and was looking for a quality program to use. I've checked out the slashdot solution (...) (23 years ago, 2-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: How much to licence Lugnet technology?
 
(...) Try WebX: (URL) believe the installation is free (no support) up to a certain traffic rate. IIRC, it was easy to setup and run but required a separate mail server. Newsgroups can be configured to be accessable via HTTP or NNTP. -Rob Doucette. (23 years ago, 2-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: How much to licence Lugnet technology?
 
(...) The web stuff is all from-the-ground-up, yes. The news stuff stems from an open-source package called CNews. (...) Recommendations: * Use Perl5 or PHP4 for web stuff. * Consider CNews as well as INN for NNTP stuff. * Take an in-depth look at (...) (23 years ago, 2-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)

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