Summary: The Linux Foundation is gradually becoming a shadow of Microsoft, just like the Open Source Initiative, where most of the money comes from Microsoft and the official blog promotes Microsoft, its proprietary software, and Microsoft’s side in a class action lawsuit over GPL violations (with 9 billion dollars in damages at stake).
Linux Foundation has always been an industry consortium and not a community. LF has practically no relevance.
> Be tech company…
> There is noone understanding tech left…
While I’m as concerned about historic EEE tactics re-emerging, I’m as equally concerned about FUD. The statement “but could not change the license of Linux, only pressure Linus Torvalds to reject GPLv3 after a campaign of lobbying” is just such a statement. Linus always had personal reservations regarding GPLv3 but that’s beside the point. LINUX is licensed as GPLv2 and lacks the “or later” clause of many projects. It cannot be relicensed as GPLv3 without ALL contributors re-licensing their individual contributions.
historic EEE tactics re-emerging
Those tactics never disappeared, they just hide it better nowadays.
Okay somebody quickly code up a free alternative to Linux
GNU’s Hurd was supposed to be this iirc. That clearly hasn’t gotten far and hasn’t been progressing quickly.
no geeks or Linux developers left in the Board (it’s just ‘suits’ and corporate actors)
what could possibly go wrong?
It’s not like the foundation has any technical say in the kernel.
Sorry for the ignorance, but who has the technical say then?
Linus Torvalds acts as dictator for life. The problem is, and this is what Vim is currently grappling with, what happens when your open source software project with a dictator for life nears end of life? One might assume the Linux foundation becomes the new governance structure. That certainly seems to be what some people think Microsoft is banking on.
Here’s my prediction: three kernals will arise competing for who gets to be the continuation of Linux. One by the current Linux foundation, one by a current individual contributor to the kernal, and one by a new organization founded to be a grass roots development effort of Linux. Following this fracturing, another existing project will gain prominence as an alternative kernal. Maybe that’s FreeBSD, maybe that’s Redox, I don’t know. The point is the fracturing of no one knowing what the canonical Linux kernel they should be contributing to will give another kernel an opportunity to gain new users and contributors. The most likely winners are whatever new continuation project I described are, or the alternative kernel that already exists
That’s the funny part, they exist just for show.
Well the Foundation does employ Linus and Greg, so it’s not just entirely for the show. They paychecks are real (I hope!)
