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Re: Top OpenBSD Donors

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Post by masklinn » Wed, Nov 30, 2016, 9:21 AM UTC

icebraining wrote: post #10

aMayn wrote: post #7

Perhaps they're simply grateful for OpenSSH and for all that it enables?

Or maybe they're just mistaken...? (I'm kidding) In celebration of this milestone, Smartisan will donate approximately 3 million RMB from sales of tickets of this year's and last year's launch events to OpenSSL Software Foundation and the OpenBSD Foundation, two Android open source service organizations. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/smartisan-technology...

Reads like a confirmation of aMayn's theory, donating to OpenSSL and OpenSSH simultanously makes sense.

Re: Top OpenBSD Donors

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Post by riobard » Wed, Nov 30, 2016, 9:21 AM UTC

Background: Smartisan is an Android phone maker in China. Smartisan fans pay for admission tickets to attend Smartisan's new product release events, and Smartisan donates the ticket sales to an open source project. So far they've donated to OpenSSL ($160k), OpenBSD (CA$280k), and OpenResty (pending approval).

Edit: IIRC, Smartisan's first donation to OpenSSL happened right after HeartBleed.

Re: Top OpenBSD Donors

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Post by sandebert » Wed, Nov 30, 2016, 9:22 AM UTC

Smartisan (the phone maker) is placed in the top level, called "Iridium". It's defined as $100,000 and above.

That level of donation used to be defined as $100,000 to $250,000. [0] The removal of the top limit could in theory mean that Smartisan actually donated more than $250,000.

[0] https://web.archive.org/web/20161114061632/http://www.openbs...

Re: Top OpenBSD Donors

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Post by dorianm » Wed, Nov 30, 2016, 9:32 AM UTC

So Google donated to OpenBSD from 2012 to 2015 but not in 2016 (or less than $5000), interesting.

They seem to be their only long term recurrent donor.

Edit: Actually they are just part of the Core Infrastructure Initiative now https://www.coreinfrastructure.org

Re: Top OpenBSD Donors

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Post by madawan » Wed, Nov 30, 2016, 10:04 AM UTC

eb0la wrote: post #8

znpy wrote: post #2

I wonder if their Smartisan OS is OpenBSD-based

Sadly not; but I would buy an OpenBSD phone... if anyone wants to make it, please call me!

Same here, especially since it'd mean it would /also/ run all the other open source operating systems. It'd be a great litmus-test ("hardware so open that even OpenBSD supports it").

Re: Top OpenBSD Donors

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Post by vcistan-refugee » Wed, Nov 30, 2016, 10:12 AM UTC

Surprise surprise, no donations from any of the big VC firms, including YC. Freeloaders.

Re: Top OpenBSD Donors

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Post by ben_bai » Wed, Nov 30, 2016, 10:13 AM UTC

sandebert wrote: post #13

Smartisan (the phone maker) is placed in the top level, called "Iridium". It's defined as $100,000 and above. That level of donation used to be defined as $100,000 to $250,000. [0] The removal of the top limit could in theory mean that Smartisan actually donated more than $250,000. [0] https://web.archive.org/web/20161114061632/http://www.openbs...

$280,000 !

Re: Top OpenBSD Donors

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Post by pawadu » Wed, Nov 30, 2016, 10:36 AM UTC

vcistan-refugee wrote: post #16

Surprise surprise, no donations from any of the big VC firms, including YC. Freeloaders.

Because you have to move fast and break things and it is very hard to break OpenBSD :)

Re: Top OpenBSD Donors

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Post by pawadu » Wed, Nov 30, 2016, 10:38 AM UTC

eb0la wrote: post #8

znpy wrote: post #2

I wonder if their Smartisan OS is OpenBSD-based

Sadly not; but I would buy an OpenBSD phone... if anyone wants to make it, please call me!

Sign me up too!

But to be honest, the problem with Android is not the Linux kernel but the fact that most phones were never designed to be continuously updated.

Re: Top OpenBSD Donors

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Post by aerique » Wed, Nov 30, 2016, 10:43 AM UTC

ben_bai wrote: post #17

sandebert wrote: post #13

Smartisan (the phone maker) is placed in the top level, called "Iridium". It's defined as $100,000 and above. That level of donation used to be defined as $100,000 to $250,000. [0] The removal of the top limit could in theory mean that Smartisan actually donated more than $250,000. [0] https://web.archive.org/web/20161114061632/http://www.openbs...

$280,000 !

Well, that works :-)

Never heard of Smartisan, checking out their phones now.