> I recently wrote Linus Torvalds asking why I don't see his name listed > on the OpenBSD donations page (http://www.openbsd.org/donations.html), > since I figured he uses OpenSSH.
Apart from the fact that was a private email from Linus to you and you broadcast it publically (if you really did email him and he really did reply) who cares what Linus thinks? He is over there with his little chubby baby called Linux. He's like any other parent. He thinks his chubby wrinkly bubby is the best one. Let him have that - his chubby baby is a damned sight better behaved than the babies of a certain ugly commercial parent. If Linus comes in here and starts demanding features be added to OpenSSH then you can pull him up on whether he donates or not. Until then live and let live. (and what Damian said) A