β² 1712 βΌ I see these MFs on a daily basis (lemm.ee) submitted 1 year ago by _carmin@lemm.ee to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world 738 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[β] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 year ago (3 children) I'll bite. How? It's open source software championed by a Finnish academic professor. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [β] silverlose@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago Yeah that makes zero sense to me permalink fedilink source parent [β] menemen@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) Lots of the money comes from the US and US companies. But as you said, it is open source. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) US corporations donate to the Linux Foundation, and in fact all the Platinum members of the Linux Foundation (donors of $500k or more/year) are corporations - although I don't think they're all American. But the Linux Foundation has no control over the code, it merely promotes use of Linux. Did you mean something else by, "Lots of money comes from..."? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] menemen@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago That was pretty much what I meant. permalink fedilink source parent [β] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 point 1 year ago He's now American. Outside of that a lot of Linux is supported by US companies. If boycotting the US was the goal it is going to be very hard. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] silverlose@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago Yeah that makes zero sense to me permalink fedilink source parent
[β] menemen@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 child) Lots of the money comes from the US and US companies. But as you said, it is open source. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) US corporations donate to the Linux Foundation, and in fact all the Platinum members of the Linux Foundation (donors of $500k or more/year) are corporations - although I don't think they're all American. But the Linux Foundation has no control over the code, it merely promotes use of Linux. Did you mean something else by, "Lots of money comes from..."? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] menemen@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago That was pretty much what I meant. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) US corporations donate to the Linux Foundation, and in fact all the Platinum members of the Linux Foundation (donors of $500k or more/year) are corporations - although I don't think they're all American. But the Linux Foundation has no control over the code, it merely promotes use of Linux. Did you mean something else by, "Lots of money comes from..."? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] menemen@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago That was pretty much what I meant. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] menemen@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago That was pretty much what I meant. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 point 1 year ago He's now American. Outside of that a lot of Linux is supported by US companies. If boycotting the US was the goal it is going to be very hard. permalink fedilink source parent
