Other verbiage aside guys - sorry Frantisek, I might not agree with Theo's level of rancor, but No, Your statement for "all the wrong reasons" is insulting to all of us, and more developers should speak out about it.
I will speak somewhat out of turn here, and tell you I know for a fact because I have been witness to it that year, a donor (who I will not name) offered the foundation to meet it's *ENTIRE FUNDRAISING GOAL* for this 2015, the only condition was that they could brand the OpenBSD Web pages as and put links on them as a sponsor. Not having any control of the OpenBSD web pages, the Foundation directors replied that they couldn't do that, but they could and would be listed as a donor. The donor then declined and went away. 1) The foundation owns no rights to OpenBSD, whatsoever. (Unlike FreeBSD and NetBSD, the OpenBSD foundation is not a rights holder and owns no code, or OpenBSD). The foundation exists only to support OpenBSD and chooses how to do that. (Theo is actuall not a part of it, he makes requests of the foundation). 2) In light of what I've told you above, The very thought that the directors of the foundation and the OpenBSD developers would somehow "sell out" for what is, while very much appreciated, a relatively small amount of money is so ridiculous it is insulting. Your wild speculation is irrational, and insulting to me and good friends of mine. If you want to go look for conspiracies of corporate and government control you should be looking under a different HAT. Please apologize and let it drop, or leave our mailing lists and do not return. Thanks -Bob On Sat, Jul 11, 2015 at 11:43 AM, Theo de Raadt <dera...@cvs.openbsd.org> wrote: >> it flatters me somewhat that you read so much into >> my simple astonishment about a news item that does >> in most geek circles provoke the response "no way, >> hell froze over". > > I quote from your original mail: > > this is very impressive news, although for me for all > the wrong reasons. > > Have all the other sponsors contributed for only the right reasons > over the 20 years? > > You did not show simple astonishment -- you judged a sponsor. > > Others on the day of that donation also crossed similar lines, some > implying that the donation was been accepted for the wrong reasons. > > This is our house, and you don't get to insult guests who bring a > generous green salad to the party. That is how you become uninvited. >
