Re^2: Building a web-based system administration interface in Perl

Yes, it could be done. It is a huge load of work. Cleaning up the code is not the only job. Webmin needs to be splitted into a privileged and an unprivileged part. What about compatibility with existing Webmin plugins? Due to the nature of Webmin, testing all features requires access to a wide range of hard- and software. What about the licenses? Are we allowed to clean up Webmin and all plugins? Do we have a list of all problems in the Webmin code?

Alexander

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Re^3: Building a web-based system administration interface in Perl by SwellJoe (Scribe) on May 30, 2009 at 22:31 UTC
So, I know this is an old thread, but I thought I'd chime in on this (I'm a Webmin developer). "What about the licenses? Are we allowed to clean up Webmin and all plugins?" Webmin, Usermin and all core modules are licensed under a BSD style license. So, yes. You are allowed to do anything you like. We'd probably even accept reasonable patches that don't break compatibility.	[reply]