Linux Foundation Taken Over by US Corporations, OSI’s Identity Crisis Amid Microsoft Takeover
-
Linux Foundation Study Assesses ‘Outsized’ U.S. Influence on Open Source [Ed: Linux Foundation is like 90% US, so its agenda is accordingly biased and corporate, not internationalist]
While the open source has always been about sharing the code for one and all, this ideal has been increasingly at odds with a range of factors, including software fragmentation, politicization, weaponization, and a creeping techno-nationalism, which all can negatively impact open source’s vital collaborative framework.
Addressing these issues is a new report from the Linux Foundation, “Enabling Global Collaboration: How Open Source Leaders are Confronting the Challenges of Fragmentation,” authored by Anthony D. Williams, founder and president of the research firm the DEEP Centre.
The report was sponsored by Futurewei, Huawei’s U.S.-based research and development arm, and is a product of the Linux Foundation Research, founded in 2021.
-
What’s next for OSI’s website [Ed: OSI became a front group for Microsoft proprietary software, notably GitHub; it has little real purpose left]
OSI's website moved to a managed platform, laying the foundations for future improvements.