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   On Sun, 3 Nov 2024, John McCue wrote:   
      
   > Lawrence D'Oliveiro  wrote:   
   >> From :   
   >    
   >> A.k.a. “bait and switch”.   
   >   
   > Quote from the article.   
   >> But on balance yes – Open source foundations considered helpful.   
   >   
   > and I will finish it:   
   >  "... to the companies who own the foundation."   
   >   
   > The Linux Foundation is owned by large corporations, which   
   > is listed at the end of the article.   
   >   
   > The LF now exists to only help Large Companies, its purpose   
   > is to provide free labor to those companies.   
   >   
   > For an example, look at OpenSSH, every company uses it, yet   
   > IBM for one does not donate to it.  Instead, IBM happily   
   > bundles OpenSSH with AIX and RHEL.  There are plenty of   
   > examples of projects were the authors are struggling to   
   > meet their expenses.  The LF is no where in sight for them,   
   > instead most of their donations go to admin type people   
   > and now to some AI spin-off.  Hardly any goes into Linux.   
   >   
   > If the LF cared for the users of Linux, they would force   
   > Companies like Nvidia to open-up their firmware, preventing   
   > Linux from using Nvidia GPUs like they do with ZFS.   
   >   
   > Instead, Nvidia being a nice big contributor, can do what   
   > they want.  Thus preventing its full use on many system   
   > that contain their GPU.   
      
   This mirrors my experience of how it was to try to work with the LF.   
   Horrible organization filled at the top with middle-managers who only want   
   to stuff their CV:s.   
      
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