> "IBM, Microsoft, Facebook, Google, others pledge $3.6 million to fund OpenSSL (arstechnica.com)"

The title of this submission is incorrect. The funding goes to the general fund, not specifically to OpenSSL.

Here's the press release this article is based on:

http://www.linuxfoundation.org/news-media/announcements/2014...

And here's the actual initiative:

http://www.linuxfoundation.org/programs/core-infrastructure-...

Discussed here:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7639835