On 03/24/06 04:17, Theo de Raadt wrote:
http://www.digg.com/linux_unix/OpenBSD_needs_a_major_donor http://bsd.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/21/1555243
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These donations from individuals are really great. The community is great. Thanks a lot. But we know this is the wrong way to fund OpenBSD, OpenSSH, and our other subprojects in the long term, and that the Unix (and maybe even Linux) vendors who ship OpenSSH in their products should be helping with at least a few pennies of the millions and millions of dollars we have saved them.
This is whining and it isn't very sure because you have no idea what alternatives for the free OpenSSH product would have cost.
How many vendors are shipping another SSH implimentation?
Currently there is one version that is a little better than others, good enough and freely available. Not that strange other people aren't interesting in shipping other versions.
Therefore Damien and I have just sent these two mails to a few mailing lists: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openssh-unix-dev&m=114316163313701&w=2 http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=openssh-unix-dev&m=114316224627520&w=2 I suspect that conversation is not over.
You need to automatically repeat the message, beg at the right places, for example at the FTP site, at least via http to ftp.openbsd.org no entrance without clicking away a "want it better? donate now" screen with paypall and credit card buttons.
Beg at the places where people ask you to actually hand them over a free copy of the software.
Demand something like $50 a year for access to the ftp.openbsd.org now!!! +++chefren
