Cleanup some doc files

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS is now spelled correctly :)
README.ASN1 talked about 0.9.6, so it's deleted.
I turned doc/standards.txt into a set of one-line summaries of RFCs, and
also updated the pointers to original sources (to be web links)

Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org>

1 files changed, 30 insertions, 0 deletions

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+The OpenSSL project depends on volunteer efforts and financial support from
+the end user community. That support comes in the form of donations and paid
+sponsorships, software support contracts, paid consulting services
+and commissioned software development.
+
+Since all these activities support the continued development and improvement
+of OpenSSL we consider all these clients and customers as sponsors of the
+OpenSSL project.
+
+We would like to identify and thank the following such sponsors for their past
+or current significant support of the OpenSSL project:
+
+Major support:
+
+       Qualys          http://www.qualys.com/
+
+Very significant support:
+
+       OpenGear:       http://www.opengear.com/
+
+Significant support:
+
+       PSW Group:      http://www.psw.net/
+       Acano Ltd.      http://acano.com/
+
+Please note that we ask permission to identify sponsors and that some sponsors
+we consider eligible for inclusion here have requested to remain anonymous.
+
+Additional sponsorship or financial support is always welcome: for more
+information please contact the OpenSSL Software Foundation.