The Linux Foundation is a joke organization that companies use to push their own agendas in the name of "linux and open source", when in reality very few members actually care about it. It's a 'badge of honor', nothing more.
If you need further proof, observe that Oracle is on the list. There's not a company on Earth more hostile to FLOSS than Oracle. And yet there they are, and a "platinum" member at that. Lol.
Is the Open Invention Network still a thing? MS still hasn't joined, and is still using patents as a weapon, apparently.
https://www.infoworld.com/article/3042699/open-source-tools/...
Re:Hello, GitHub
by BigChiefSmokem on Monday June 04, 2018 @07:37PM
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Doesn't the OIN secretly sell some of its patents to non-members and non-licensees? Sounds very strategic for the companies involved and this can lead to some serious consequences for any company who is targeted by an OIN patent.
Re:Hello, GitHub
by throwaway2048 on Monday June 04, 2018 @07:55PM
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any sources for this?
Re:Hello, GitHub
by throwaway2048 on Monday June 04, 2018 @07:57PM
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The linux foundation is nothing better than a PR front, they have members like Allwinner and VMWare who straight up refuse to stop violating the GPL license of the linux kernel, and face no consequences.
Microsoft has had a vested interest in Git and Open-Source for a while now.