[mqrcv]

No, generally there is no respect for the complexity of libraries. There is a reason why library authors themselves are reluctant to do many or broad changes.

But first the sysadmin culture (which I generally like, but not in this aspect) taught us that anyone can modify anything to make it work for him.

Now the equity culture teaches us that anyone is equal and has a right to do any modifications. Correctness does not matter, and if you insist, you are a class traitor.

Projects that deviate from upstream with this attitude have frequent issues.

[asveikau]

Your tangent into right wing politics aside, everybody absolutely has a right to modify openssl and run it modified, it's in the license. Doesn't make every instance of it a good idea, but that right exists.