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8 million (~3%) towards the Linux kernel 180 million (~65%) towards ancillary project support, which includes a huge ecosystem of useful technologies around li

by wolttam 5mo ago

8 million (~3%) towards the Linux kernel 180 million (~65%) towards ancillary project support, which includes a huge ecosystem of useful technologies around linux Their 'corporate operations' overhead is like 5% of expenses. whoop.

tdeck 5mo ago
Is there a description of the other projects that fall under that heading? I was curious but didn't see it skimming through the document.
- blazarquasar 5mo ago
  https://www.linuxfoundation.org/projects https://www.linuxfoundation.org/projects
SwellJoe 5mo ago
And, 4% toward blockchain.
- geon 5mo ago
  Git?
  - SwellJoe 5mo ago
    I don't know what you mean. Git is not on the charts shown on that page, and git is not related to blockchain.
    - geon 5mo ago
      > A blockchain is a distributed ledger with growing lists of records (blocks) that are securely linked together via cryptographic hashes.[1][2][3][4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockchain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockchain That’s exactly what git is.
      - SwellJoe 5mo ago
        [flagged]
        aljgz 5mo ago
        Pedantically, they're wrong, but the two are closely related. They both use the parent's hash together with the contents of the block/changes in the commit to compute hash of the current block/commit. Git supports many parallel branches, while Blockchain uses decentralized consensus mechanisms to keep the entire network in agreement and resolve branches as soon as possible. So yes, the mathematical problems in the two are different, but the data structure is very similar. Source: my last job was creating developer toolsuits for Blockchain.
        SwellJoe 5mo ago
        Y'all love to pretend blockchain is important and useful for all kinds of things. Just stop. It's shady to try to take credit for anything good in the hope that some of the goodwill rubs off on blockchain. Git predates Bitcoin. It is also useful and efficient, things blockchain is not. You cannot claim everything that uses hashes is a fucking blockchain, it's ridiculous.
      - coldtea 5mo ago
        Yeah, no.
_fizz_buzz_ 5mo ago
Lots of opensource project use the Linux Foundation to handle their funding. My understanding is that e.g. corporate sponsors for the KiCad project will actually transfer the money to the Linux Foundation but the money is then earmarked for the KiCad project. The advantage for KiCad is then that they don't have the overhead (accounting, receipts, etc.).
tosti 5mo ago
software != technology

by wolttam 5mo ago

tdeck 5mo ago

Is there a description of the other projects that fall under that heading? I was curious but didn't see it skimming through the document.

blazarquasar 5mo ago
https://www.linuxfoundation.org/projects https://www.linuxfoundation.org/projects

SwellJoe 5mo ago

And, 4% toward blockchain.

geon 5mo ago
Git?
- SwellJoe 5mo ago
  I don't know what you mean. Git is not on the charts shown on that page, and git is not related to blockchain.
  - geon 5mo ago
    > A blockchain is a distributed ledger with growing lists of records (blocks) that are securely linked together via cryptographic hashes.[1][2][3][4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockchain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockchain That’s exactly what git is.
    - SwellJoe 5mo ago
      [flagged]
      - aljgz 5mo ago
        Pedantically, they're wrong, but the two are closely related. They both use the parent's hash together with the contents of the block/changes in the commit to compute hash of the current block/commit. Git supports many parallel branches, while Blockchain uses decentralized consensus mechanisms to keep the entire network in agreement and resolve branches as soon as possible. So yes, the mathematical problems in the two are different, but the data structure is very similar. Source: my last job was creating developer toolsuits for Blockchain.
        SwellJoe 5mo ago
        Y'all love to pretend blockchain is important and useful for all kinds of things. Just stop. It's shady to try to take credit for anything good in the hope that some of the goodwill rubs off on blockchain. Git predates Bitcoin. It is also useful and efficient, things blockchain is not. You cannot claim everything that uses hashes is a fucking blockchain, it's ridiculous.
    - coldtea 5mo ago
      Yeah, no.

_fizz_buzz_ 5mo ago

Lots of opensource project use the Linux Foundation to handle their funding. My understanding is that e.g. corporate sponsors for the KiCad project will actually transfer the money to the Linux Foundation but the money is then earmarked for the KiCad project. The advantage for KiCad is then that they don't have the overhead (accounting, receipts, etc.).

tosti 5mo ago

software != technology