

Truly amazing. We are finding someone to print the shirts for our team!



Cheers,

Tomas



On 11/29/2013 03:39 AM, Megan Woods wrote:

> That is fantastic..

>

> And I will wear my T-Shirt with pride.

>

> Cheers Megan

>

>

> On 29/11/2013 1:31 pm, David Hook wrote:

>> Hi all,

>>

>> On the eve of our 50th Java release I thought it would be appropriate

>> to fill everyone in on a few changes to the way we at Bouncy Castle work.

>>

>> As a few of you are aware, the core developers and some friends of the

>> project set up a not-for-profit association a couple of months ago to

>> allow us to capture management of the libraries into a single legal

>> entity. I'm pleased to announce that the entity that was set up,

>> Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc., has now been recognised and

>> registered by the Australian Government as a charity established for

>> the public benefit, and for the benefit of education.

>>

>> From our users perspective, the biggest change is that we have

>> established certainty that the libraries will always be freely

>> available. The biggest change from the project's point of view is that

>> we are now able to accept donations in order to help progress

>> development. As a few of you are also aware last year some of us

>> started a company, Crypto Workshop Pty Ltd, for the purpose of

>> providing consulting services and commercial support contracts. This

>> has been going okay, and I'm pleased to also say that the upcoming

>> release sees the benefit of an additional 20 hours of time spent on

>> the release that was actually paid for by our earliest support

>> contracts. However, it has become clear that our consulting arm is not

>> something that will allow us to undertake major exercises such as FIPS

>> certification, without putting at risk the principles we wish this

>> project to continue to be built on, such as maintaining it as freely

>> available. This is why attaining recognition as a charity and the

>> ability to accept donations, with the appropriate oversight implied,

>> is really important to us, and to you, our user community.

>>

>> Which brings me to my next announcement. We're marking these changes

>> by having our first fundraiser, and our first target is to meet the

>> costs of getting the libraries appropriately certified. We believe we

>> can raise this money, but we do know we cannot do it without your

>> help, so if you, like us, value the independence of this project, and

>> wish to see it continue to provide you with quality open source

>> cryptography, please follow the link below to find out how to donate.

>>

>>

>>

>> As it is our first fundraiser, we have also been able to get our

>> resident cartoonist to provide us with t-shirt artwork allowing us to

>> provide donors with a PDF template which will enable you to create an

>> official fundraiser t-shirt of your own. Wear it with pride!

>>

>> If anyone has any questions, please feel free to contact me. On behalf

>> of the Legion, I would be grateful if you pass this message on to

>> anyone you know would be interested.

>>

>> Regards,

>>

>> David

>>

>

> > That is fantastic..> And I will wear my T-Shirt with pride.> Cheers Megan> On 29/11/2013 1:31 pm, David Hook wrote:>> Hi all,>>>> On the eve of our 50th Java release I thought it would be appropriate>> to fill everyone in on a few changes to the way we at Bouncy Castle work.>>>> As a few of you are aware, the core developers and some friends of the>> project set up a not-for-profit association a couple of months ago to>> allow us to capture management of the libraries into a single legal>> entity. I'm pleased to announce that the entity that was set up,>> Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc., has now been recognised and>> registered by the Australian Government as a charity established for>> the public benefit, and for the benefit of education.>>>> From our users perspective, the biggest change is that we have>> established certainty that the libraries will always be freely>> available. The biggest change from the project's point of view is that>> we are now able to accept donations in order to help progress>> development. As a few of you are also aware last year some of us>> started a company, Crypto Workshop Pty Ltd, for the purpose of>> providing consulting services and commercial support contracts. This>> has been going okay, and I'm pleased to also say that the upcoming>> release sees the benefit of an additional 20 hours of time spent on>> the release that was actually paid for by our earliest support>> contracts. However, it has become clear that our consulting arm is not>> something that will allow us to undertake major exercises such as FIPS>> certification, without putting at risk the principles we wish this>> project to continue to be built on, such as maintaining it as freely>> available. This is why attaining recognition as a charity and the>> ability to accept donations, with the appropriate oversight implied,>> is really important to us, and to you, our user community.>>>> Which brings me to my next announcement. We're marking these changes>> by having our first fundraiser, and our first target is to meet the>> costs of getting the libraries appropriately certified. We believe we>> can raise this money, but we do know we cannot do it without your>> help, so if you, like us, value the independence of this project, and>> wish to see it continue to provide you with quality open source>> cryptography, please follow the link below to find out how to donate.>>>> https://www.bouncycastle.org/donate/index.cgi >>>> As it is our first fundraiser, we have also been able to get our>> resident cartoonist to provide us with t-shirt artwork allowing us to>> provide donors with a PDF template which will enable you to create an>> official fundraiser t-shirt of your own. Wear it with pride!>>>> If anyone has any questions, please feel free to contact me. On behalf>> of the Legion, I would be grateful if you pass this message on to>> anyone you know would be interested.>>>> Regards,>>>> David>>

Truly amazing. We are finding someone to print the shirts for our team!Cheers,TomasOn 11/29/2013 03:39 AM, Megan Woods wrote: