They don't like embargoes but they don't go out of their way to break them. The only embargo I know of that OpenBSD broke was for OpenSSL, and that was an hones

They don't like embargoes but they don't go out of their way to break them. The only embargo I know of that OpenBSD broke was for OpenSSL, and that was an honest mistake, as explained here: https://www.tedunangst.com/flak/post/regarding-embargoes https://www.tedunangst.com/flak/post/regarding-embargoes There was another "incident" with the KRAK embargo, where OpenBSD got permission to silently patch it early and then the researcher who found it regretted giving them permission. I think people put these two incidents together, combine it with the developers' attitudes towards embargoes and come out with: OpenBSD doesn't honour embargoes!