The developers of the OpenSSL cryptographic library have announced a complete transformation of the structure and management methods of the project. To support the mission of the project, two equal divisions have been created â the non-profit organization OpenSSL Foundation and the commercial entity OpenSSL Corporation, focused on the interests of the non-profit community and commercial enterprises. Both divisions operate fully independently and have separate decision-making processes.
The mission of the project encompasses values such as the importance of community, commitment to an open-source development model, adherence to privacy, and open and transparent management methods. The previously active OpenSSL Management Committee (OMC) has been abolished, and decision-making has been entrusted to the collaborative efforts of boards of directors elected separately in the OpenSSL Foundation and OpenSSL Corporation. Both organizations have 10 voting members each.
Additionally, the OpenSSL Foundation and OpenSSL Corporation elect oversight committees from community representatives and interested commercial companies â the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) and the Business Advisory Committee (BAC), which can directly represent community interests in the development of plans. The BAC committee will be formed at the end of October 2024, while the TAC will be established at the end of April 2025.
The project is no longer limited to just the OpenSSL library and is open to other cryptography-related developments. The first two projects to join were the Bouncy Castle libraries (crypto-API for Java and C#) and cryptlib (a high-level API for simplifying the addition of encryption and authentication to programs), which will now be developed under the auspices of the OpenSSL Foundation and OpenSSL Corporation.
Source: opennet.ru
