[hpsdr] open your wallets for Ozy/Magister driver signing -- code signing certificate fund-raising campaign

[George Byrkit]

We are getting very close to having enough money, so that some silent
'donation matching' supporters will provide the rest of the funds needed to
purchase the 3 year code signing EV certificate.

If you pledged recently, either on the list or in a private email to me, now
is the time to redeem your pledge and donate!

To those of you who have already donated, thank you so much!  We are over
$300, so very close to what we need to do this.  But we need some more so
that the donation matching supporters will do the rest.

Remember: if you are a US taxpayer, your donation is tax deductible, since
TAPR is a 501(c)3 charitable corporation.  Please also remember TAPR when
you do your estate planning.

73,
George Byrkit K9TRV

-----Original Message-----
From: Hpsdr [mailto:hpsdr-bounces at lists.openhpsdr.org] On Behalf Of George
Byrkit
Sent: Monday, September 5, 2016 9:02 AM
To: hpsdr at openhpsdr.org
Subject: [hpsdr] open your wallets for Ozy/Magister driver signing -- code
signing certificate fund-raising campaign

***** High Performance Software Defined Radio Discussion List *****

We need to crowd-source the funding of the Code Signing EV certificate so
that the OZY/Magister USB driver continues to work on unmodified Windows 10
Anniversary systems in the near future.  Yes, there are work-arounds that
some may be willing to use, but in the long run, those are only
work-arounds.

So here is the plan for how to sign the Ozy/Magister 'libusb0.sys' drivers
for Windows 10:

1) people will donate to TAPR what they have pledged or are comfortable
with.  If you are a US taxpayer, TAPR is a 501(c)3, so the donation is tax
deductible for you
2) the money will be aggregated, and TAPR will purchase the signing key
(actually a USB dongle with the signing key), hopefully good for 3 years
3) I will receive the signing key dongle, and create a signed driver package
and submit it to Microsoft for cross-signing.
4) after we have successfully completed this effort, the resulting driver
package will be placed on the OpenHPSDR download page, ALONG WITH THE
CURRENT DRIVER PACKAGE.
	a) the current driver package is needed for those with Vista, Win 7,
win 8, or win 8.1, and the new package is supposed to not work for them

Here is how to donate to the cause:
1) visit http://www.tapr.org/tapr_donate.html
2) click on the 'order' button
3) the 'units' that you enter are the dollars that you are donating
4) click on the 'start check out' button (this part of the site is 'https',
the rest is 'http'
5) make sure that the donation amount is what you want.
6) click on the member category button (you do not have to join to donate)
7) fill in the customer information (so that we can send an acknowledgement
for the donation)
8) click on 'continue checkout'
9) on this page, make sure that you put 'Code Signing certificate donation'
in the comments field
10) complete the order

We will wait a few weeks (i.e.: until after DCC) for the funds to
accumulate, then likely I or a few others will donate to make up the
difference, as long as we have at least $400 donated.  Hey, it's tax
deductible for us, too!I 
If the goal is not reached, we will ask again, somewhat less politely?

But somehow, we will get at least enough money for a 1 year code signing
certificate (about $400), and hopefully get a 3 year certificate...

When we have produced the signed driver package, I will be available to sign
for example PowerSDR.exe so that when you try to run it, you don't get a
prompt saying that it is from 'unknown' source (but it will say it is from
TAPR...).  If you do not have UAC disabled, you will still get a prompt
about elevating and running as administrator to make changes to your
computer, because such permissions are needed for PowerSDR to run.  I can
also sign installers for programs like PowerSDR on windows.

Just as a reminder, here is a list of people who have pledged to donate to
this cause:
Terry Fox N4TLF
Jim Sanford WB4GCS
Merv Thomas VK6BMT
Jeff Cook G0AFQ
Perry W1COW
Walter Holmes K5WH
Mike Stipick KC4RI
Jim Keeth AF9A
Bill Tracy KD5TFD
John Ackermann N8UR
George Byrkit K9TRV
'AL' K0VM

Everyone else is also welcome and encouraged  to donate to this cause!
Sorry, only credit cards can be used.  The TAPR site isn't set up to take
PayPal, and there isn't an email address that TAPR uses that is set up on
PayPal.
This campaign has been approved by the TAPR board.

73,
George Byrkit, K9TRV


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