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   Ricardo Martín (ricardo@mastodon.bsd.cafe)'s status on Monday, 25-Nov-2024 01:00:56 JST Ricardo Martín

   TIL that ***70%*** of the companies on the Linux Foundation Board are GPL violators, via Bryan Lunduke

   You know ... VMWare, Sony, Intel, Huawei, Fujitsu, Tencent, Qualcomm, Panasonic, Microsoft, Samsung, Red Hat, or Oracle 😭

   #linux #floss #gpl

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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Monday, 25-Nov-2024 03:52:02 JST SuperDicq

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     @ricardo@mastodon.bsd.cafe The Linux Foundation also has nothing to do with the development of the Linux by the way. Only 2% of their funds go to Linux.
     
     I love their annual reports.

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     Chucho :artix: (jrballesteros05@social.linux.pizza)'s status on Monday, 25-Nov-2024 05:18:37 JST Chucho :artix:

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     • SuperDicq

     @SuperDicq @ricardo just to add that most of their reports are made with proprietary software as well. The Linux foundation is just as many of others "foundations". Just a lie.

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Monday, 25-Nov-2024 18:56:17 JST 翠星石

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     • SuperDicq
     @ricardo >70% >via Bryan Lunduke
     Do you have more details about that?
     
     I reckon it's closer to 95%.
     
     @SuperDicq The Linux foundation doesn't even use that kernel in the systemd OS - they use window or macos.
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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Nov-2024 19:18:55 JST Rich Felker

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     • Frank Davies

     @fdavies93 @ricardo No, most of the money, but almost none of the useful/serious contributions.

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     Frank Davies (fdavies93@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Nov-2024 19:18:56 JST Frank Davies

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     @ricardo most of the money and serious contributions in FOSS come from big tech

     it's kind of an awkward relationship

     I just license all my stuff under AGPL on the offchance that if big tech picks it up, they at least need to talk to me about licensing

     Not sure why MIT license became the standard

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     Anthk (anthk@paquita.masto.host)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Nov-2024 23:30:45 JST Anthk

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     @ricardo That's why I'm using Hyperbola GNU/Linux
     which will switch into #HyperbolaBSD soon.

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     Ricardo Martín (ricardo@mastodon.bsd.cafe)'s status on Sunday, 08-Dec-2024 23:24:23 JST Ricardo Martín

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     Apparently, some people have a real tough time just checking out https://www.linuxfoundation.org/about/leadership and doing a simple cross-check search on the web between those companies and their supposed GPL issues.

     Sometimes fact-checking without prejudice is hard.

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