[lugm.org] OpenSSH is in financial trouble

[aadil at lavabit.com]

Hello,

I  think the LUGM can also donate money, or preferably buy CDs and/or
tshirts to be given away at the incoming Open Source conference.

What do the other members of the committee think?

Yours truly,
Aadil.

> Hi,
>
> OpenSSH could cease to exist. Why ? The OpenBSD CD sales
> are very much less this year. OpenSSH is financed through
> the OpenBSD CD sales.
>
> http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=130317982728763&w=2
>
> To cut a long story short, if OpenBSD doesn't sell enough
> CDs with the 4.9 release, there WILL be no money for producing
> CDs next year. Part of the CD sales keep Theo de raadt employed
> full-time on openbsd.
>
> CD sales are very important, since OpenBSD is one of the last
> ``true'' open source systems. Instead of doing a commercial/community
> release, there is a single release for everybody.
>
> As such, openbsd requires a constant source of revenue in the form
> of CD sales. The CDs are ~ Rs 1500.00
>
>
> //Logan
> C-x-C-c
>
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