Microsoft GitHub Swallowing and Distorting "Open Source"
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Who writes Linux and open source software? [Ed: Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols is having another senior moment. He judges Free software only by the catalogue that Microsoft controls, using proprietary software. He needs to retire to avoid alienating the few who still trusted his writings. SJVN is either willfully ignorant or lying; judging Microsoft "contributions" based only on what it is controlling in its platform is propaganda that goes back to 2014, when it made plans to buy the company; those who don't trust Microsoft don't host anything there and SJVN does not count them. How foolish. This is not your daddy's "SJVN"; this is a clown.]
Even now, I run into those who think Linux and open source software is made by people living in their parents' basement and writing the code out of the goodness of their hearts. Wrong. So, so wrong.
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Governance Reform RFC Announcement [Ed: Rust outsourced some more to proprietary Microsoft stuff]
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An RFC for governance of the Rust project [Ed: Microsoft already controls the development process, in proprietary prison (GitHub), so why not also outsource governance to Microsoft? Rust is hopeless.]
The Rust community has been working to reform its governance model; that work is now being presented as a draft document describing how that model will work.