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Why would the source of the patches be less trusted than the source of (updated) kernels? I expect it to be the same, your distro. $200/year is peanuts for any
by nine_k 5mo ago
Why would the source of the patches be less trusted than the source of (updated) kernels? I expect it to be the same, your distro.
$200/year is peanuts for any commercial use worth the name. The problem, of course, is the whole non-free infrastructure it has to introduce.
I wonder when large and critical OSS projects will start to be seen as a public good they are, with large corporations willingly financing them because not doing so is bad PR.
- graemep 5mo agoPublic goods are not generally funded by large corporations.
- siwatanejo 5mo agoErrr.. are you saying that Linux contributors are only affiliated to small companies or volunteers? Well, last time I checked, some contributors were RedHat(IBM) and Microsoft employees ;)
- graemep 5mo agoI am saying that big company funding of some FOSS is exceptional compared to the economy at large. Most public goods are not funded by bug companies. They do not do the same for roads or public health services, or free education or public libraries etc. Even with FOSS few projects get the funding or contributions the Linux kernel does.