> That being said, the main source of OpenSSL releases will be OpenSSL GitHub. OpenSSL Source will remain only for backward compatibility and will redirect to GitHub.

Main? Or only?

Very 'open'

> Watching the budget: Streamlining things cuts costs, which means we can spend more on improving OpenSSL and supporting you all.

This is the only thing that matters in that announcement, really.

Dropping duplication is fine, but I can’t help to wonder if OpenSSL is basically back to sorry state that lead to Heartbleed disaster…

the post appears to say that the only distribution channel will be from MSFT-Github starting in June 2024 or so

I know. My question was rhetorical to draw attention to their misleading language