Very well spoken
(And I'm not talking from an arm chair. I've made private donations to
the project and some of the developers in the past with no strings
attached. I did not care what the project did with the hardware or
money, and I still don't care).
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeffrey Walton
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2014 7:38 PM
To: OpenSSL Users List
Subject: Re: Platinum Sponsorship by Huawei
On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 6:24 PM, Pierre DELAAGE <delaage.pie...@free.fr>
wrote:
...
The difference is important :
in an association, the openssl organization WOULD REQUIRE some
constraints on its MEMBERS.
We are discussing self-imposed constraints on the Foundation's
acceptance of funds from various sources, not constraints on
any persons.
Ok,but "who" will decide and "how" ?
How will you make this process objective and transparent and NOT time
consuming...
Right... I'm from the US. Does that mean I voice concerns against the
US; or do I voice concerns against other countries? Or both?
Concerns about the US: the US has committed human rights violations
and participated in war crimes. The OpenSSL project should *not*
accept money from the US government. Further, the OpenSSL project
should *not* accept money from companies and individuals that do
business with the US. Finally, the OpenSSL project should *not* accept
money from US citizens because they are citizens of the US.
Concerns about other countries: <other country> has relations with the
US. The US has committed human rights violations and participated in
war crimes. The OpenSSL project should *not* accept money from the
<other country>. Further, the OpenSSL project should *not* accept
money from companies and individuals that do business with <other
country>. Finally, the OpenSSL project should *not* accept money from
<other country> citizens because they are citizens of <other country>.
Or, different concerns about other countries: <other country> has
committed human rights violations. The OpenSSL project should *not*
accept money from <other country> government. Further, the OpenSSL
project should *not* accept money from companies and individuals that
do business with <other country>. Finally, the OpenSSL project should
*not* accept money from <other country> citizens because they are
citizens of <other country>.
Fairly quickly, the project can't accept money from anyone.
I think the project has endured no funding for far too long.
The OpenSSL project should accept all money and other considerations -
like hardware donations - to meet its goals and objectives. The
project's "no strings attached" policy is sufficient as long as its
applied equally to all donors. If the "no strings attached" policy is
not applied equally, then its not sufficient.
The project should continue with its current policy and practices.
This ensures the project is as well funded as can be expected.
Anything else will lead to endless debate and loss of funding. Loss of
funding detracts from the projects goals and objectives.
(And I'm not talking from an arm chair. I've made private donations to
the project and some of the developers in the past with no strings
attached. I did not care what the project did with the hardware or
money, and I still don't care).
Jeff
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