Editing OpenSSL (section)

== Project history ==

The OpenSSL project was founded in 1998 to provide a free set of encryption tools for the code used on the Internet. It is based on a fork of [[SSLeay]] by Eric Andrew Young and Tim Hudson, which unofficially ended development on December 17, 1998, when Young and Hudson both went to work for [[RSA Security]].  The initial founding members were Mark Cox, Ralf Engelschall, Stephen Henson, [[Ben Laurie]], and Paul Sutton.<ref>{{Cite mailing list |url=https://marc.info/?l=ssl-users&m=91566086807308&w=2 |title=Announce: OpenSSL (Take 2) |access-date=2018-10-29 |mailing-list=ssl-users |first=Ben |last=Laurie |date=1999-01-06 |archive-date=March 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323042441/https://marc.info/?l=ssl-users&m=91566086807308&w=2 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2018 OpenSSL [[version numbering]] skipped from 1.1.1 to 3.0.0, omitting 2 as a major version number to avoid a conflict with one of OpenSSL's modules. Version 3.0.0 was the first to use the [[Apache License]].

{{As of|2019|May}},<ref name=new_omc_member>{{cite web |title=New Committers |url=https://openssl-library.org/post/2019-05-20-committers/ |publisher=OpenSSL Software Foundation |date=2019-05-20 |access-date=2024-10-11 |archive-date=October 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241014060544/https://openssl-library.org/post/2019-05-20-committers/ |url-status=live}}</ref> the OpenSSL management committee consisted of seven people<ref name=omc>{{cite web|title=OpenSSL Management Committee|url=https://www.openssl.org/community/omc.html|publisher=OpenSSL Software Foundation|access-date=2019-11-03|archive-date=July 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722125659/https://www.openssl.org/community/omc.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and there are seventeen developers<ref name=committers>{{cite web|title=OpenSSL Committers|url=https://www.openssl.org/community/committers.html|publisher=OpenSSL Software Foundation|access-date=2019-11-03|archive-date=July 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722125724/https://www.openssl.org/community/committers.html|url-status=live}}</ref> with commit access (many of whom are also part of the OpenSSL management committee). There are only two full-time employees (fellows) and the remainder are volunteers.

The project has a budget of less than US$1&nbsp;million per year and relies primarily on donations. Development of TLS 1.3 was sponsored by [[Akamai Technologies|Akamai]].<ref>{{cite mailing list |title=Akamai sponsors TLS 1.3 |url=https://mta.openssl.org/pipermail/openssl-announce/2017-January/000090.html |mailing-list=openssl-announce |date=2017-01-19 |first=Steve |last=Marquess |access-date=2018-11-09 |archive-date=February 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170201174938/https://mta.openssl.org/pipermail/openssl-announce/2017-January/000090.html |url-status=live}}</ref>