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One of the primary advantages for authors in contributing back code is to get their features/bug fixes incorporated so that they are maintained going forward an
by blihp 6y ago
One of the primary advantages for authors in contributing back code is to get their features/bug fixes incorporated so that they are maintained going forward and you don't have to maintain a separate code base yourself (i.e. saving work) If you maintain your own obscure fork, you lose many of the benefits of contributing code. This is particularly true for many for-profit companies: they want to forget about any driver work they contributed the second they stop making money selling it.
- userbinator 6y agoI'm sure Facebook has enough resources to maintain its own custom kernel with what it wants --- if it's not already doing so. Google might be doing the same too.
- blihp 6y agoSure, FAANG companies have enough resources to do pretty much whatever they want. The rest of the world doesn't, which is what I presumed 'target for everyone' was referring to.