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		ovi256 on Nov 3, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google Releases mod_pagespeed for Apache Google has been accused by free software luminaries that, while it respects the letter of the GPL, it does not respect the spirit of the license, as it does not share its optimized versions of the Linux kernel, Apache server, and many other GPL software. Of course, as it's GPL, not AGPL, they are not legally in the wrong. This nice piece of infrastructure is a step forward, let's hope they release more of their custom infrastructure.

wmf on Nov 3, 2010 [–]

Does Google use this internally? I got the impression that it was written specifically for external use.

stanleydrew on Nov 4, 2010 | [–]

I would think they almost certainly don't use this internally given that they don't run Apache for any of their user-facing applications.

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