Anyone here run a SSL certificate provider? Just make a new line of certs that cost 3 times as much but donates the overage to OpenSSL.
Lots of corporate IT people can get away paying $300 for a cert and know $200 of that is going to a good cause.
Lots of corporate IT people can get away paying $300 for a cert and know $200 of that is going to a good cause.
It's not for the IT employee to effectively give away the companies money by buying something for more than they have to spend.
The decision to donate to a good cause is usually made by other people in the company.
By that logic, the tax accountant could argue that they should arrange a company's finances so they pay more tax, in order to pay for more "stability" by funding the government.
In this case, I think it's safe to assume that a $200 contribution to OpenSSL won't repay the contributing company $200 of improvements.