Affiliations

We are proud to collaborate and partner with other like-minded organizations in the open source software community. These include:

Eclipse Foundation - Associate Member
The Eclipse Foundation provides individuals and organizations like OpenSSL Foundation with a mature, scalable, and vendor-neutral environment for open source software collaboration and innovation. As a member of the Eclipse Foundation we are able to take part in working groups that affect areas related to the OpenSSL Foundation’s mission such as security, privacy and open source.

Open Innovation Network - Member
Founded in 2005, Open Innovation Network (OIN) is the world’s only institution dedicated to protecting open source innovation from patent attacks and costly litigation. OpenSSL is listed in OIN’s Linux System Definition. Any OIN member (which includes many major corporations) gets access to OIN’s patents and licenses royalty-free and in exchange each member agrees not to assert its own patents against Linux (including OpenSSL). This protects OpenSSL and its users from aggressive patent practices.

The United Nations Open Source Principles - Endorsement
In 2025, the United Nations set forth a set of eight guidelines designed to promote collaboration and the adoption of open-source technologies within the UN and globally. We’ve endorsed these principles, which capture our existing ways of working.

Software in the Public Interest - Fiscally Sponsored Project
(SPI) is a 501c3 tax-exempt US nonprofit that provides a range of services to support open source software and hardware organizations. In August 2025, SPI accepted OpenSSL Foundation as a sponsored project, which allows us to carry out some of our work under the auspices of SPI.

CVE Program - CVE Numbering Authority
The CVE Program identifies, defines, and catalogs publicly disclosed cybersecurity vulnerabilities. As a CVE Partner organization, we publish CVE Records to communicate consistent descriptions of vulnerabilities.

Individual members of the Foundation team participate in the broader open source community in the following ways:

Open Source Technology Improvement Fund (OSTIF)
Foundation President Matt Caswell serves on the OSTIF Advisory Council, a group of volunteers who offer advice to OSTIF, for management to consider when big decisions are being made about the organization’s direction or actions.

International Cryptographic Module Conference (ICMC)
Foundation Director Tomáš Mráz serves on the program committee for ICMC, helping to decide on program content for this leading conference on cryptography.