After reading more into this, the dev sounds like he's being a twat.

Nginx had some security bugs in alpha code. F5 issued cve's for it, the dev didn't want them to because it wasn't code in a stable release. That's the entire story from what I can tell.

I don't feel like f5 was in the wrong here, and running off to raise a stink seems like an excessive response here.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Maxim Dounin as one of the longtime core developers of the Nginx web server announced the creation today of a new fork of the project called Freenginx.

Dounin explained in announcing Freenginx: "As you probably know, F5 closed Moscow office in 2022, and I no longer work for F5 since then.

Still, we’ve reached an agreement that I will maintain my role in nginx development as a volunteer.

Unfortunately, some new non-technical management at F5 recently decided that they know better how to run open source projects.

That’s quite understandable: they own the project, and can do anything with it, including doing marketing-motivated actions, ignoring developers position and community.

The goal of the project is to keep nginx development free from arbitrary corporate actions."

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