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> The foundation is slowly consuming itself into a Linux Foundation like corporate organization that is in the interests of Big Tech companies and not the commu
by intsunny 3y ago
> The foundation is slowly consuming itself into a Linux Foundation like corporate organization that is in the interests of Big Tech companies and not the community.
I'm amazed at how soured the Linux Foundation has become in the eyes of the Linux and open source community. Seven years ago the Linux Foundation removed the non-paid community members from the board, and we all knew the writing was on the wall.
- LukeShu 3y agoTheir hostility toward the GPL is, in my mind, the proof that the souring was justified. I'm not sure if this hostility is general to the LF as a whole, or just in the CNCF, but: the CNCF has a policy about what acceptable licenses are for dependencies of CNCF projects, there's a list of approved licenses, and if you want to add a dependency on a library with a different license, you have to apply to the CNCF board for an exception to use that library. The GPL is not on that list, and there's a note that the board has never approved an exception to allow a library with a GPL-family license. The fact that a large sub-org in the Linux Foundation is allowed to ban the GPL is a disgrace.
- squarefoot 3y ago> Seven years ago the Linux Foundation removed the non-paid community members from the board, and we all knew the writing was on the wall. Which just incidentally happened the same year Microsoft joined it becoming a platinum member.