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Microsoft and Facebook Increase Their Influence Over the Linux Foundation (for Openwashing Purposes)

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 18, 2022,
updated Oct 19, 2022

Open Compute Project Foundation Announces an Expanded Collaboration with the Linux Foundation. [Ed: Microsoft front group (OCP) announces increased exploitation of the "Linux" brand to promote back doors]
PyTorch Becomes Linux Foundation Top-Level Project

PyTorch co-creator Soumith Chintala announced the move on the PyTorch blog. The move is intended to make sure business decisions about the framework are open and transparent, and take into account the needs of the many PyTorch stakeholders. The new Foundation also formalizes the technical governance of the project, defining a hierarchical maintainer organization and processes for making technical decisions.

UPDATE

OSI also:

On the emerging landscape of open AI [Ed: OSI runs this "HEY HI" series to cover up for Microsoft's copyright violations and mass plagiarism. Microsoft pays the OSI for it.]

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