SemVer is a spec. In the same way that people for some reason think that Terraform is SemVer just because it LOOKS like it even though nothing actually claims that they are using SemVer
https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform/issues/15839
The only thing that OpenSSL claims to enforce about their versioning policy is
> A change in the second (MINOR) number indicates that new features may have been added. OpenSSL versions with the same major number are API and ABI compatible. If the major number changes then API and ABI compatibility is not guaranteed.
The only thing that OpenSSL claims to enforce about their versioning policy is
> A change in the second (MINOR) number indicates that new features may have been added. OpenSSL versions with the same major number are API and ABI compatible. If the major number changes then API and ABI compatibility is not guaranteed.