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Re:Gnome patent troll stripped of patent rights by throwaway82652 on Friday April 29, 2022 @10:30AM (#31205629)
I don't think it's that messed up. If you really want to make something that qualifies as a charity (or a for-profit business) then you can just do that separately. The existence of this foundation doesn't get in the way, they're a home for the trademarks and a few other things but otherwise they don't have much bearing on what you would do.

But there are some people at the foundation who would make it their goal to hire more developers, if the funding was there, it currently isn't.

Re:Gnome patent troll stripped of patent rights by nerdponx on Saturday April 30, 2022 @11:21AM (#31216700)
That reasoning is like denying charity status to a church thrift store because they don't do income verification at the door, to ensure that only poor customers are allowed to shop there.
Re:Gnome patent troll stripped of patent rights by throwaway82652 on Saturday April 30, 2022 @02:16PM (#31217968)
No, it's not even close to that. Analogies aren't that good of a tool to use here.