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cPanel Supports LiteSpeed Web Server

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lsmichael

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Howdy all,

 

Actually, it's been happening for almost a month now, but cPanel and LiteSpeed have announced yesterday that cPanel is officially supporting LSWS-cPanel users through their ticket system.

 

It's all explained here: http://blog.litespeedtech.com/2014/07/21/official-cpanel-support-for-litespeed-web-server/

 

This is just one more step in making LSWS more universal. We're looking forward to continued cooperation with cPanel to make both products better. Please let us know what you need and what you want. We'll do our best.

 

Cheers,

 

Michael
 
TruvisT

TruvisT

Server Management Specialist
Verified Provider
Hey! I did not know we had a LSWS Rep here!

Just wanted to say hey Michael. Thanks for this good news! We have always been a fan of LSWS.

Keep up the good work.
 
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lsmichael

New Member
TruvisT said:
Hey! I did not know we had a LSWS Rep here!

Just wanted to say hey Michael. Thanks for this good news! We have always been a fan of LSWS.

Keep up the good work.
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Howdy,

I haven't been around that much recently. I'm kind of in and out.

Nice to meet you. We like the installation videos you put on YouTube.

Cheers,

Michael
 
HalfEatenPie

HalfEatenPie

The Irrational One
Retired Staff
Fantastic!  I've seen Lightspeed be used more and more now, and while I've personally never used it before, I'm definitely getting more and more interested in it as an alternative to Apache.

Thanks for dropping by!  
 
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lsmichael

New Member
HalfEatenPie said:
Fantastic!  I've seen Lightspeed be used more and more now, and while I've personally never used it before, I'm definitely getting more and more interested in it as an alternative to Apache.

Thanks for dropping by!  
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Thanks! We've always had a pretty devoted user base, but it's been increasing quite a bit recently.

Get in touch if you have any questions. I'm happy to answer questions in a forum thread.

Cheers,

Michael
 
TruvisT

TruvisT

Server Management Specialist
Verified Provider
lsmichael said:
Howdy,

I haven't been around that much recently. I'm kind of in and out.

Nice to meet you. We like the installation videos you put on YouTube.

Cheers,

Michael
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Thanks!

It is very cool to know that you guys have taken time to see them and found them nice. We hope to get some more time in here soon to do a whole series around your products as our current ones I believe are actually pretty old.

Take care Michael!
 
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lsmichael

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TruvisT said:
Thanks!

It is very cool to know that you guys have taken time to see them and found them nice. We hope to get some more time in here soon to do a whole series around your products as our current ones I believe are actually pretty old.

Take care Michael!
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That would be great. We'd be happy to put them on the blog/forum/wiki if you get them up.

Cheers,

Michael
 
KuJoe

KuJoe

Well-Known Member
Verified Provider
We used LiteSpeed for a while, but their EULA goes against our Terms of Service so we had to either drop them or terminate paying clients who had been with us for a while. Just make sure you read the fine print before you start using their software as they actually have a clause that disallows you from using LiteSpeed Webserver for legal purposes (adult content).
 
Dylan

Dylan

Active Member
KuJoe said:
We used LiteSpeed for a while, but their EULA goes against our Terms of Service so we had to either drop them or terminate paying clients who had been with us for a while. Just make sure you read the fine print before you start using their software as they actually have a clause that disallows you from using LiteSpeed Webserver for legal purposes (adult content).
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Yeah, the developers really ought to be ashamed of themselves for trying to limit free speech. I'll play around with OpenLiteSpeed but I'd never pay for LiteSpeed, or suggest it to anyone else, because of that clause's implications (both legal and principled).

It's all too bad because LS truly is a nice piece of software.
 
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lsmichael

New Member
Dylan said:
Yeah, the developers really ought to be ashamed of themselves for trying to limit free speech. I'll play around with OpenLiteSpeed but I'd never pay for LiteSpeed, or suggest it to anyone else, because of that clause's implications (both legal and principled).

It's all too bad because LS truly is a nice piece of software.
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I really, really don't want to get into a discussion of whether our terms of service limit free speech. (The position of the programmers is that internet pornography is inadequately policed and thus easily available to minors — which is technically illegal in the US.)

For all intents and purposes, though, that clause is only used to express the wishes of the programmers. It is beyond our means to enforce it and we do not attempt to.

I can understand if you find this to be a frustratingly vague way for the programmers to express their opinions. We will not be changing the wording of the EULA (this topic is rather important to some of the programmers), but I'd at least like to make clear for everyone how this EULA is used in practice.
 
Aldryic C'boas

Aldryic C'boas

The Pony
I don't see not wanting to be involved in pornography having anything at all to do with free speech.  And let's be honest - if you're not ready to take heat for hosting anti-government clients or pay for an experienced lawyer to tell you the exact rules about allowing, say, Iranian websites - then you can't bitch about free speech.

Personally, I agree with the LS team on the no-porn stance.  I'd rather not allow it at all either - not because I have any sort of moral hangups, but because of how much legal red tape is involved and the potential consequences.

So let's reword the free speech thing, and say what most providers really mean:  It sucks that LiteSpeed can't be used for adult hosting because that cuts into my profits as a shared webhost provider.
 
Aldryic C'boas

Aldryic C'boas

The Pony
Oh, and since the free speech topic came up, I suppose this PSA from XKCD is mandatory:

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KuJoe

KuJoe

Well-Known Member
Verified Provider
Aldryic C said:
I don't see not wanting to be involved in pornography having anything at all to do with free speech.  And let's be honest - if you're not ready to take heat for hosting anti-government clients or pay for an experienced lawyer to tell you the exact rules about allowing, say, Iranian websites - then you can't bitch about free speech.

Personally, I agree with the LS team on the no-porn stance.  I'd rather not allow it at all either - not because I have any sort of moral hangups, but because of how much legal red tape is involved and the potential consequences.

So let's reword the free speech thing, and say what most providers really mean:  It sucks that LiteSpeed can't be used for adult hosting because that cuts into my profits as a shared webhost provider.
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While I agree that this has nothing to do with free speech (not sure how that was interpreted from my original post because I never use the free speech argument on the internet as it doesn't apply here), I do question what you mean by the bolded part above. How can the software developer be liable in any way for what a hosting company's client hosts on a webserver running the developer's software?

Having read LiteSpeed's stance of "we don't enforce our EULA", I'm more willing to give their webserver another go as long as they continue to not enforce their EULA (I laughed a little as I typed that).

My only real gripe with the EULA is that it is essentially saying "when you buy this tool you agree to only use this tool in certain cases", it's like leasing a hammer and agreeing that you will not use the hammer to build a doghouse for a certain breed of dog (except in this case if the hammer is taken away from you then you have to recompile a new hammer so your clients can stay online).

Yes, I 100% understand that as the developers they can put whatever they want in their EULA but that doesn't mean I can't rant about it. I do appreciate that the EULA doesn't appear to apply to their Open Source version which is nice and sticks to the Open Source ideology of utilizing a tool for anything your mind can dream up.
 
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