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Re:Google ups its Linux Foundation membership to the $500,00... by bluedino on Wednesday June 27, 2018 @04:16PM (#17411453)
It's not the code, it's the red tape. That's where the expense comes in on that kind of stuff.
Re:Google ups its Linux Foundation membership to the $500,00... by ddingus on Wednesday June 27, 2018 @08:19PM (#17413055)
Yes, there are a number of compliance issues, and a level bureaucracy to deal with. But that's not germane to this discussion. We've got those in play no matter what. The real game here is setting up an entity to develop the code. Maybe even at similar cost. The savings is in the ownership of the code over long periods of time, and that other municipalities could then use the code.

Not to mention the numerous opportunities to take what that energy is learned in built and apply it all over the place Consulting, handling special cases and what not.