Re: Platinum Sponsorship by Huawei

2014-05-31 Thread Geoffrey Thorpe
Oh I see. OK == arbitrary private institutions with no representative or ideological constraints other than the limit of the law. (And even then...) Not OK == institutions that are (in theory at least) representative of nations/countries/states and that are (in theory at least) accountable to

Re: Platinum Sponsorship by Huawei

2014-05-31 Thread Jakob Bohm
On 5/30/2014 11:03 PM, Geoffrey Thorpe wrote: Oh I see. OK == arbitrary private institutions with no representative or ideological constraints other than the limit of the law. (And even then...) More importantly: With an obvious self-interest in protecting themselves against wiretapping

Re: Platinum Sponsorship by Huawei

2014-05-31 Thread Stanley wayne Wright
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

Re: Platinum Sponsorship by Huawei

2014-05-30 Thread Geoffrey Thorpe
I am curious how you would reconcile your two insinuations; 1. that it is a political act to accept donations form a party that has a particular nationality (or with this or that underlying ownership), even if that party does so with explicit knowledge that a fundamental condition of acceptance

Re: Platinum Sponsorship by Huawei

2014-05-30 Thread Jakob Bohm
On 5/30/2014 12:24 AM, Geoffrey Thorpe wrote: ... The only way to to avoid any political overtones in such a situation (if that really is your intention, because doing the right thing is not an apolitical notion) is to blindly accept all comers or refuse all comers. (Subject to the obvious

Re: Platinum Sponsorship by Huawei

2014-05-30 Thread Pierre DELAAGE
Dear Gentlemen, I am taking this conversation not from the beginning, as it seems to be now quite long. Of course I understand various moral aspects of the discussion, no doubt about that. But I really think that Openssl acts as a kind of apolotical foundation, and NOT as an association.

Re: Platinum Sponsorship by Huawei

2014-05-30 Thread Jakob Bohm
Dear Mr. Delaage, You are getting things massively wrong, details inline. On 5/30/2014 11:03 PM, Pierre DELAAGE wrote: Dear Gentlemen, I am taking this conversation not from the beginning, as it seems to be now quite long. Of course I understand various moral aspects of the discussion, no

Re: Platinum Sponsorship by Huawei

2014-05-30 Thread Pierre DELAAGE
Dear Mr Bohm, Some answers in the text : Le 30/05/2014 23:52, Jakob Bohm a écrit : Dear Mr. Delaage, You are getting things massively wrong, details inline. On 5/30/2014 11:03 PM, Pierre DELAAGE wrote: Dear Gentlemen, I am taking this conversation not from the beginning, as it seems to be

Re: Platinum Sponsorship by Huawei

2014-05-30 Thread Jeffrey Walton
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

Re: Platinum Sponsorship by Huawei

2014-05-29 Thread Frans de Boer
On 05/29/2014 02:52 AM, Salz, Rich wrote: Please don't feed the troll -- Principal Security Engineer Akamai Technologies, Cambridge, MA IM: rs...@jabber.me; Twitter: RichSalz Being cynical is equal to being a troll? The initial remarks made by an openssl representative was that that most

RE: Platinum Sponsorship by Huawei

2014-05-29 Thread Salz, Rich
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

RE: Platinum Sponsorship by Huawei

2014-05-29 Thread Nikola Vassilev
of people's perceptions when accepting anything.  Nick Original message From: Salz, Rich rs...@akamai.com 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

Re: Platinum Sponsorship by Huawei

2014-05-29 Thread A . L . M . Buxey
Hi, Then again, many developers do have a social handicap - that's why they are so good a developer. that sweeping generalisation is probably worse than calling one person a troll! ;-) alan __ OpenSSL Project

Re: Platinum Sponsorship by Huawei

2014-05-29 Thread Jeffrey Walton
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

Re: Platinum Sponsorship by Huawei

2014-05-29 Thread Jeremy Gray
: 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

Re: Platinum Sponsorship by Huawei

2014-05-29 Thread Jeffrey Walton
perceptions when accepting anything. 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

Re: Platinum Sponsorship by Huawei

2014-05-29 Thread Frans de Boer
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 mailto:openssl-users@openssl.org Subject: RE: Platinum Sponsorship by Huawei

Re: Platinum Sponsorship by Huawei

2014-05-29 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 4:51 PM, Frans de Boer fr...@fransdb.nl wrote: ... Ok, I accept the above apologies as I just want to express my worries. Yes, it was cynical - I used one line from Huwai, which triggered my response. The initial comment from the OpenSSL spokesperson about the focused

Re: Platinum Sponsorship by Huawei

2014-05-29 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 3:26 PM, Jeffrey Walton noloa...@gmail.com wrote: 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

Re: Platinum Sponsorship by Huawei

2014-05-29 Thread Dustin Oprea
+1 for working *sed* into everyday conversation. Dustin On May 29, 2014 5:49 PM, Jeffrey Walton noloa...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 3:26 PM, Jeffrey Walton noloa...@gmail.com wrote: but let's say it's the government of North Korea... Even if no strings, it would damage the

Platinum Sponsorship by Huawei

2014-05-28 Thread Steve Marquess
I am pleased to announce Huawei (http://www.huawei.com/) as the second Platinum Sponsor of the OpenSSL project. In my discussions with them they noted their extensive use of OpenSSL in many products that are sold globally and stated Whilst there has been a little hiccup recently the good work of

Re: Platinum Sponsorship by Huawei

2014-05-28 Thread Frans de Boer
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

Re: Platinum Sponsorship by Huawei

2014-05-28 Thread Steve Marquess
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

RE: Platinum Sponsorship by Huawei

2014-05-28 Thread Salz, Rich
, 2014 6:26 PM To: openssl-users@openssl.org Subject: Re: Platinum Sponsorship by Huawei 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