Perforce source code management, and Apache HTTPD

[Andrew Wilson <an...@aaaaaaaa.demon.co.uk>]

Hi,

	I was trawling for CVS replacements and came across the 
very wonderful, but commercial Perforce system.

	www.perforce.com

Of interest is a note in the URL:

http://www.perforce.com/perforce/webkeeper.html

which covers an extra application named 'web://keeper' a Web Content
Manager.  

<QUOTE>

Supported HTTP Servers

      web://keeper is currently available for the Apache httpd
      server. This is a high performance, pluggable Web server
      based on the NCSA server, and is made available in source
      code form by the Apache Group.

      PERFORCE software distributes Apache server executables built
      with the web://keeper module. Contact us for distribution
      information. The remainder of the Apache server distribution
      is available from the Apache Group Home Page.

Pricing

      web://keeper is free. 

      Single-user PERFORCE systems are also free. 

      See the PERFORCE Pricing and Ordering Page for information
      about multi-user PERFORCE systems.

</QUOTE>

Note the 'PERFORCE software distributes Apache server executables
built with the web://keeper module'.  I took a quick look and though
the www.apache.org URL is mentioned priminently on that URL there's
no hint of LICENCEese.

Any comments?  Perhaps they hust mean they have precompiled modules
which you can link into your existing distribution?  [is there an
easy way to do this at the moment??]  The page mentions contacting
Perforce for distribution info.

Cheers,
Ay.

Re: Perforce source code management, and Apache HTTPD

[Paul Richards <p....@elsevier.co.uk>]

Andrew Wilson <an...@aaaaaaaa.demon.co.uk> writes:

> 	I was trawling for CVS replacements and came across the 
> very wonderful, but commercial Perforce system.
> 
> 	www.perforce.com
> 

You can get a copy for nothing if you're a FreeBSD user and don't use
it for commercial purposes.

http://www.perforce.com/perforce/price.html

scroll down towards the bottom to find

"Non-Commercial FreeBSD Pricing".

This is a fully functional version with an unlimited user license!

You can get gratis demo copies that are fully functional for other
OS's as well but they are limited to 2 users.

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  Dr Paul Richards. [p.richards@elsevier.co.uk]
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