On 12/18/2015 01:10 PM, Salz, Rich wrote: >> What would then be the permitting conditions to pursue a new >> validation ? If you don't mind me asking. I have read several >> notes you have on the subject and I agree that the whole thing is >> of Dedalus proportions. In a nutshell what would be these >> conditions ? > > In a nutshell: someone willing to spend the money (low six figures) > without adding requirements that violates the spirit of our open > source philosophy, and while knowing that the project might fail for > non-technical reasons. I'll also note that each of the previous five open source based validations had one or more U.S. government sponsors with an interest in a successful outcome. I believe that interest, expressed and exercised in ways I was not fully privy to, was the key element in those successful outcomes. We will undertake another tilt a the windmill with the prerequisites Rich noted above, but I think a successful outcome for the sixth such validation will also require the engagement of politically adept stakeholders. -Steve M. -- Steve Marquess OpenSSL Software Foundation 1829 Mount Ephraim Road Adamstown, MD 21710 USA +1 877 673 6775 s/b +1 301 874 2571 direct marquess at openssl.com gpg/pgp key: http://openssl.com/docs/0x6D1892F5.asc
