>
> government of North Korea... Even if no strings, it would damage the
> perception people have of OpenSSL just being associated with that entity.
> So, just be mindful of people's perceptions when accepting anything.
+1.
Dennis Rodman goes to North Korea and says its just basketball, not
political. Everyone except him knows he was used. OpenSSL cannot
metaphorically "go to North Korea" without damage to its brand --
especially now that real financial support is forthcoming.
Perhaps donations that would come with a public-relations risk could be
rerouted: gently declined with the suggestion that they be given no strings
attached a 3rd party that *already* supports OpenSSL development, like the
Linux Core Infrastructure folks. Public-relations risk is real. Avoiding
conflicts of interest ("no strings attached") is essential but not
enough--its best to avoid even the appearance of a conflict of interest.
The psychological gains to be had from a donation are real--that's the
motivation for making them.
--Jeremy
On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 3:04 PM, Nikola Vassilev <n...@greensoldiers.ca>
wrote:
> Good on you for sending that apology. I thought it was inappropriate to
> label that commenter to dismiss his point of view. I also think Steve
> addressed his cynical comments well, the part about taking money from
> anyone as long as it comes with no strings attached is wrong, IMHO. That
> can be easily tested by imagining the worst possible source of money and it
> may be different for each person, but let's say it's the government of
> North Korea... Even if no strings, it would damage the perception people
> have of OpenSSL just being associated with that entity. So, just be mindful
> of people's perceptions when accepting anything.
>
> Nick
>
>
>
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: "Salz, Rich"
> Date:05-29-2014 07:02 (GMT-05:00)
> To: openssl-users@openssl.org
> Subject: RE: Platinum Sponsorship by Huawei
>
> Frans,
>
> I apologize. My posting was a mistake. (I meant to cancel my posting, but
> instead my fingers hit control-return rather than escape.)
>
> I am sorry that, on the basis of one posting, I called you a troll, or
> implied that you had anything other than concern and interest in seeing the
> best possible outcomes.
>
> The only other thing I can say in my defense is that, if you look through
> the archives, you would hopefully see that I usually don't write that kind
> of message.
>
> /r$
>
> --
> Principal Security Engineer
> Akamai Technologies, Cambridge, MA
> IM: rs...@jabber.me; Twitter: RichSalz
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