-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Much appreciated insight Theo.
I wouldn't say that I question OpenBSD's behaviors or character in the slightest - quite the contrary - this group stands as an example of how open source can successfully work. Bravo. Where I personally am a bit discomforted is in all the other examples we've seen in recent years (*cough*linux*) of how big money has changed the perspective of other (once considered solid) open source projects as well. Money is certainly necessary, but big enough piles develop some strange gravitational forces. That's not at all an accusation that meddling is or ever will happen here. It's more just a reminder in my mind to stay ever vigilant of signs of things like meddling/tampering/influencing/(insert your verb of choice here) that erodes the core focus. This organization has done an excellent job to date of preventing this. Let's just keep it up . News like this just makes me skeptical of what -Redmond- is up to considering their long history of upstanding behavior. ;o) Cheers, - -Chris On 7/8/15 10:57 AM, Theo de Raadt wrote: >> I would like to say only this: if people to not want big >> companies meddling with OpenBSD as it has been happening with >> Linux better its users support it. > > I said this in 2006: > > "I think that contributions should have come first from the > vendors, secondly from the corporate users, and thirdly from > individual users. But the response has been almost entirely the > opposite, with almost a 15 to 1 dollar ratio in favor of the little > people. Thanks a lot, little people!" > > As a non-director, I do not have any more insight into the current > ratios of contributions to the Foundation, other than their annual > financials which anyone can find. > > However I suspect it would take many years of big company money to > move that ratio forward from a 20 year pattern... > > However you used a specific word that bothers me. Honestly, I > don't see proof of any meddling, if I saw it, I would care deeply > about it. You'll have to be significantly more detailed before > raising what might appear as an allegation, supposition that it > might occur in the future is simply not enough. Even your tiny > hint is an attack on our character. I am not going to take that > lightly. Comment: GPGTools - https://gpgtools.org iQEcBAEBCgAGBQJVnWyVAAoJEOO37M6Idh8NioQH/29mSqxAwhFWyaix1MU34NpR IwwTPRtetSOdpPV/mcpnSC4fkdWsnkNc1Zs88dsHVGOFlU6V5dCP6lPXi+/m38mZ BAnxsZW91IDvL2R3GjUbxZDU+UWeV52fn46BF57HMFdjSbIyF2hvapq2o+8XWVUi Z8iyMSfNHBxvzLRKHvpDU+dmb5xD1Wele+AosbKPr3LxVBWf89PT6BIBcSrAmr3g 7rNCrZPfCGwmxc1+QOWN0v9PTfBrn6/cPKgRfk+y6gL23gH1ibfqMY6AIOXPNkzu zHeF76oITn0O2aFVFSmFZnAE1atVTIVixgxJ6sCAOwysE+MV7rJbOrwZ6Klidi0= =JvPL -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
