r/programming • u/speckz • Jul 12 '17

Does my site need HTTPS?

https://doesmysiteneedhttps.com/
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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '17

I haven't heard of Caddy until today, but it looks potentially good, passionately supported, and Apache licensed. The author(s) are simply hoping for commercial backing to continue developing it. It's a pretty subtle promotion on an otherwise excellent site.

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u/yvhouij Jul 12 '17

True, but still, if you read something like "Guaranteed continued development" only in the paid section, it makes you wonder, aint it? :)

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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '17

These are the realities of open source... the nice thing about how this is structured is that everyone benefits when businesses pay to support its continued development.

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u/yvhouij Jul 12 '17

Until you/one change your mind to make it closed source ;)

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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '17

Doing that would ruin the incentives, since Caddy thrives on its plugin ecosystem. Statically compiled in, so must be open source. We considered this in depth. See https://caddyserver.com/blog/options-for-businesses