Looking the OpenSSL gift horse in the mouth

Looking the OpenSSL gift horse in the mouth

Posted Sep 26, 2002 14:45 UTC (Thu) by mdarmistead (guest, #4472)
Parent article: Looking the OpenSSL gift horse in the mouth

Have we become so desperate that we will willingly accept "donations" (with strings) just because they were donated? No organization is *required* to accept any donation. It's pefectly acceptable to refuse a donation if you can't live with restrictions or requirements laid out by the donor. Does OpenSSL REALLY need this donation? Can't we come up with something equivalent that doesn't have lawyers attached to it? We, as a community of independant developers, have consistently managed to create innovative solutions without relying on code that is constrained or compromised by legal restrictions. My skills do not lay in encryption algorithms, but I'm sure that there are developers out there that eat this stuff for breakfast. I applaud Sun that they are interested in helping Linux and open source projects forge ahead. I am, however, a little wary of the motives behind their rapid move to Linux.

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