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Re:Open source takes continued investment, and that must be ... by voltagex_ on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @08:39PM (#17823564)
"The top 10 organizations sponsoring Linux kernel development since the last report are Intel, Red Hat, Linaro, IBM, Samsung, SUSE, Google, AMD, Renesas, and Mellanox."

https://www.linuxfoundation.org/blog/2017/10/2017-linux-kern...

No, it's not a community service, not really. It's a happy byproduct of some very powerful companies.

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Re:Open source takes continued investment, and that must be ... by philliphaydon on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @09:22PM (#17823768)
Hmm that report is confusing. I thought the fact it said sponsoring meant money donated to the linux foundation. But page 14 of that report seems to imply it’s changes contributed to the kernel. Not money.
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Re:Open source takes continued investment, and that must be ... by dragonwriter on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @10:16PM (#17824004)
> But page 14 of that report seems to imply it’s changes contributed to the kernel. Not money.

Instead of paying LF to hire devs, they hire devs who write code that is contributed to Linux.

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Re:Open source takes continued investment, and that must be ... by zzleeper on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @10:12PM (#17823989)
They're paying for full time devs to work on the kernel. That counts as sponsoring on my book.
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