Bug#504966: ITP: thin -- fast and very simple Ruby web server

[bd_ <bdonlan@gmail.com>]

On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 3:07 AM, Ryan Niebur <ryanryan52@gmail.com> wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Owner: Ryan Niebur <ryanryan52@gmail.com>
> Severity: wishlist
>
> * Package name    : thin
>  Version         : 1.0.0
>  Upstream Author : Marc-Andre Cournoyer <macournoyer@gmail.com>
> * URL             : http://code.macournoyer.com/thin/
> * License         : (not sure atm)
>  Programming Lang: Ruby
>  Description     : fast and very simple Ruby web server
>
>  Thin is a Ruby web server that glues together 3 of the best Ruby
>  libraries in web history:
>    * the Mongrel parser, the root of Mongrel's speed and security
>    * Event Machine, a network I/O library with extremely high
>      scalability, performance and stability
>    * Rack, a minimal interface between webservers and Ruby frameworks
>  .
>  Which makes it, with all humility, the most secure, stable, fast and
>  extensible Ruby web server bundled in an easy to use package for your own
>  pleasure.
>
> I'm not entirely sure what the license is, so I'm going to email the upstream author.

The COPYING file at upstream's version control
(http://github.com/macournoyer/thin.git/COPYING) has a fairly standard
simple permissive license, which should be no problem for debian main.