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Re: How much to licence Lugnet technology?
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lugnet.admin.general
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Thu, 2 Aug 2001 22:43:20 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Steven Broughton writes:
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> Todd...did you build this site yourself from the ground up?
The web stuff is all from-the-ground-up, yes. The news stuff stems from an
open-source package called CNews.
> If so, do you
> have any helpful tidbits that would help me create a similar site?
Recommendations:
* Use Perl5 or PHP4 for web stuff.
* Consider CNews as well as INN for NNTP stuff.
* Take an in-depth look at packages such as Meta-HTML, PHP, mod_perl, ePerl,
embperl, etc., and see if they support your web development criteria.
* Use a UNIX-like OS (e.g., Linux, FreeBSD, or Solaris). Avoid MS-Windows
unless it's the only thing you have experience in.
(Keep in mind that these are personal preferences :-)
> If you ever decide to open up the source code for Lugnet, let me know. (Or
> if you ever decide to make it available commercially, let me know also!)
I can't imagine making it available commercially...that goes against
everything I was ever thinking as any part of the code was developed. The
main thing stopping me from releasing the code as open-source right now is,
for example, what would happen if TLC had a copy of it? As copyright owner
of the code the site runs (except for the OS and CNews, of course), and as
co-owner of the site itself, I have a vested interest and bias personally
in keeping it as unique as possible from other LEGO-related sites. I don't
really know what the future of the code base is. That's something I need to
decide over the next few months.
--
Todd S. Lehman | LUGNET Admin <todd@lugnet.com>
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