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How OpenSSL is funded
- origin
- EU
- host
- OpenSSL Foundation (US) + OpenSSL Corporation (CH)
- host type
- foundation + company
- licence
- Apache-2.0
| Channel | Finding | Label | Ev. |
|---|---|---|---|
| employer developers | OpenSSL Corporation (Switzerland) staff plus engineers from large vendors | inference | B |
| foundation budget | OpenSSL Foundation: sponsorships + donations | fact | B |
| public grants | Sovereign Tech Fund: €405,888 (OpenSSL Foundation); EU-FOSSA audit (2016); earlier US Core Infrastructure Initiative | fact | A |
| corporate sponsorship | corporate sponsors | fact | B |
| commercial model | support contracts via OpenSSL Corporation | fact | B |
| donations | GitHub Sponsors (small) | fact | C |
dominant channel: support contracts + sponsors (mixed)
top funder: OpenSSL Corporation customers
top funder share: unknown
funder nationality: CH / US / DE
public money: true
evidence: A