AOLserver
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AOLserver | |
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Original author(s) | NaviSoft |
Developer(s) | AOL |
Stable release | 4.5.1
/ February 2, 2009 |
Preview release | 4.5.2RC0
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Repository | |
Written in | Cross-platform |
Type | Web server |
License | AOLserver Public License / MPL / GNU GPL |
Website | aolserver |
AOLserver is AOL's open source web server. AOLserver is multithreaded, Tcl-enabled, and used for large scale, dynamic web sites.
AOLserver is distributed under the Mozilla Public License.[1]
AOLserver was originally developed by NaviSoft under the name "NaviServer", but changed names when AOL bought the company in 1995. Philip Greenspun convinced America Online to open-source the program in 1999.[2]
AOLserver was the first HTTP server program to combine
AOLserver is a key component in the
In September 2007, a port of AOLserver for the iPhone was made available and later forked under the name "Joggame Server". This fork is described on its SourceForge project page as being a spin-off of AOLserver for devices.[3]
NaviServer (also hosted on SourceForge) is a fork of AOLserver.