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Altoid

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Registered: 2017-05-07

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The Register article - Linux Foundation and Open Source

Hello:

From this morning's edition of ElReg:

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Linux Foundation is leading fight against fauxpen source
Shifts its transmission from vendor neutral into open source gear
By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
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The problem the Linux Foundation is trying to solve here is the rise of faux open source licenses such as BSL and SSPL. Far too many companies have taken to building on top of open source projects, achieving a measure of success, and then turning their backs on open source in an attempt to squeeze more money out of their customers and partners.

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Last edited by Altoid (2024-04-12 09:50:33)

pl

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Re: The Register article - Linux Foundation and Open Source

Idk what they are mad at - it's still "open-source", just liberty not included
Users won't care. For them just development model changed - It's like that totally not because open-source completely ditched any kind of ethical benefits so it's "business-friendly" and all.
"Fear of Freedom" part of "Why Open Source Misses the Point of Free Software" comes to mind. Worth a read

boughtonp

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Re: The Register article - Linux Foundation and Open Source

Marketing bullshit.

Any time you see the word "Foundation", look at the members/funding page to get an idea of who is actually represented.

This comment comes from an earlier Register article promoting the LF's Redis fork (Valkey):

> "The Linux Foundation chose community over sponsors,"

> AWS, Google, Snap Inc, Ericsson, and Oracle are joining the Linux Foundation in backing a fork of the Redis code.

This is who The Linux Foundation means when it talks about "community".

For an alternative, there is also Redict, a fork by a community of humans.

Human-run projects are good.

Especially when they react promptly and clearly with a declaration of why they exist, where they're going, oh and here's a stable release already.

Under two weeks compared to the Linux Foundation claiming "Valkey will take a few months to spin up" - it'll probably take LF that long to create a bloated JS-infested website, and add a bunch of new dependencies and other unnecessary complications.

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