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My first theory is they started it back when the Oracle lawsuit was happening over API copyrightability. They were probably worried that some Unix copyright tro
by phendrenad2 5y ago
My first theory is they started it back when the Oracle lawsuit was happening over API copyrightability. They were probably worried that some Unix copyright troll would try to sue them, so having a backup OS was a good research project. Now it's just a make-work project to keep smart engineers from going to the competition.
My second theory is that it exists as leverage, to scare the Linux kernel maintainers into thinking that they could lose their biggest userbase (Android) and make them more compliant.
- steelframe 5y ago> scare the Linux kernel maintainers into thinking that they could lose their biggest userbase (Android) and make them more compliant. Not so sure about that. It's not like any of them collect royalties. If anything it just adds to their maintenance workload.
- phendrenad2 5y agoIt's my belief that open-source maintainers usually become attached to the fame and importance they get, and they prefer to see the number of people using their project go up not down.