On 05/28/2014 05:18 PM, Frans de Boer wrote: > On 05/28/2014 10:05 PM, Steve Marquess wrote: >> Please accept our thanks as you have saved >> us a lot of time and money > > Yes, quite an understatement :\ > > Now a state sponsored company is sponsoring openssl.org? The bigger the > country, the higher the stakes and thus also the measures to safeguard > them.
I believe this offer was sincere. They agreed immediately, clearly, and specifically in writing that their sponsorship was a "no strings" donation with no obligations or expectations of anything in return from the OpenSSL project. I would just as gladly accept donations under similar terms directly from any company or any government. > And what does it help if the developers of openssl are still not taking > their responsibility for the quality of their product(s)?! Ah, but how do you "take responsibility" when your workforce is basically one guy with his finger in the dike? Lots of spectators and armchair quarterbacks, but a really big dike. How about passing judgment on responsibility *after* we've had a chance to leverage this very recent financial support into some more dedicated manpower? -Steve M. -- Steve Marquess OpenSSL Software Foundation, Inc. 1829 Mount Ephraim Road Adamstown, MD 21710 USA +1 877 673 6775 s/b +1 301 874 2571 direct marqu...@opensslfoundation.com marqu...@openssl.com gpg/pgp key: http://openssl.com/docs/0xCE69424E.asc ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager majord...@openssl.org
