I think this shows how @linuxfoundation is not necessarily on our side.

https://mastodon.social/@linuxfoundation@social.lfx.dev/114993371594902597

@bagder @linuxfoundation

https://www.linuxfoundation.org/hubfs/lf_member_benefits_012925a.pdf?hsLang=en

@funbaker how and why would I "defend" GitHub?

@funbaker so I ask again: how is that in any way "defending" GitHub and against what?

@funbaker I think you're making things up in your head. Read my post again and you might see that.

@funbaker I motivated why we are still using GitHub. I did in no way defend anything they do other than their sponsorship of the curl project.

@bagder @linuxfoundation It's absolutely astounding how disconnected they are from the Linux community. What's even really the point of the LF if they just post and think like any SF tech startup ?

It's embarassing.

@navi wild right

@wolf480pl lol

"From cloud to AI" is like "From West Florida to East Florida"

@bagder @linuxfoundation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Foundation

its always important to understand what a "foundation" is founded on.

@bagder wtf @linuxfoundation

@bagder @linuxfoundation I was an individual member of LF back when that was a thing (around 2015 iirc). Removing individual members was a huge mistake, there's no counter balance to the large corporate members any more.

@bagder @linuxfoundation@social.lfx.dev blocked them. What a horrible take from an organisation that should know better. At least they have shown their true colours and nobody needs to wonder 🤦

@bagder @linuxfoundation

We should all do our part fueling a climate of risk aversion.

@bagder @linuxfoundation WOW. Fuck linux foundation I guess, anti GDPR means pro child harassment. It's black and white.

@bagder Linux Foundation works primarily for large corporations and investors, not for small business. It's what they have been doing since the beginning.

@bagder @linuxfoundation Well, some of their biggest sponsors are Microsoft, Meta and Google. Of course they are not on our side.

@bagder @linuxfoundation LF is just a front for Google and other bad actors exploiting free labor and "contributing back" things that make our ecosystems worse.

@bagder @linuxfoundation Note that while Google doesn't even appear as one of the top-tier members, a large portion of the top- and second-tier members are Android phone and SoC vendors. So, effectively, all Google. All representing Google's interests in control.

@dalias @bagder Google was also actively doing meetings with different government's lawyers at ICANN 2016 summer conference. They're relatively quiet about lobbying activities but are present in a lot of places.

Linux Foundation itself has been a front for Intel and Nokia in the past, for example buying domain names from individuals before large corporations announced OSS projects.

@bagder @linuxfoundation Yikes... Not a good look.

@bagder @linuxfoundation oh no

@bagder @linuxfoundation I love risk aversion when it comes to people potentially causing harm to others.

@bagder @chpietsch @linuxfoundation Wait, you’re telling me trillion-dollar corporations like Google, Meta, X, etc., aren’t on my side. What next? Billionaires aren’t our friends?

;)

@aral Thank you for making the screenshot. I thought about doing it. You did it.

@bagder @linuxfoundation omg thats the worst take I could ever read this year!

@aral @bagder @chpietsch @linuxfoundation list of organizations to avoid like plague

@bagder @linuxfoundation They are on the side of their paying members, that's how it's supposed to work. That just happens to sometimes align.

Fortunately they are and always have been terrible at PR so it's easy to tell what their actual members want.

No corporation is on your side unless you own a controlling share of it.

@bagder @linuxfoundation Isn’t the Linux Foundation basically staffed with big business? 🤔

@bagder @linuxfoundation

"Railings near cliff edges fuel a climate of risk aversion slowing free movement."

@bagder @linuxfoundation never were, never will be.

@bagder @linuxfoundation have you looked at gitlab?

@bagder @linuxfoundation

Definitely, the Linux Foundation seems to be out of touch with the grassroots open-source community, let's hope it rectify and soon.

@bagder @linuxfoundation Open Data Formats - Yes!
Open Data - No, thank you!

@bagder @linuxfoundation
Data privacy is in the way says Linux Foundation

Take a look at

https://www.linuxfoundation.org/about/members

Which will make matters clearer. It is an Industrial Interest Group.

@bagder Linux Foundation is extremely corporate. It's a 501(c)6 trade association, not any kind of charity. It is extremely financially motivated. LF can sometimes be useful to free and open source software, but one must never rely on them to advance principles over their large corporate member interests.

(I'm speaking here as someone who co-founded what became a LF Collaborative Project, so I have some experience with them.)

@bagder
@linuxfoundation Ouch! #LinuxFoundation #Privacy

@bagder @linuxfoundation - I’m honestly surprised/let down here - expected better from the LF

@bagder @linuxfoundation I take it they have US-centric "free speech" leanings. ::sigh::

@aral @bagder @chpietsch @linuxfoundation Sure! You’ve heard of friends with benefits? They’re your friends as long as it benefits them.

@bagder @linuxfoundation There's no such thing as an unconditional sponsorship

@thibault @bagder Many people think public benefit org when they hear foundation, but it bears repeating that LF is a 501(c)6, a trade org, not a 501(c)3 like other orgs (such as EFF)

@bagder @linuxfoundation
Here's an overview of their members. Doesn't look a lot like my side
https://www.linuxfoundation.org/about/members

@aral @bagder @chpietsch @linuxfoundation they still have the Twitter logo, so that's probably just a Chinese spam page

@ctietze @bagder @chpietsch @linuxfoundation https://www.linuxfoundation.org/hubfs/lf_member_benefits_012925a.pdf?hsLang=en

@aral @bagder @chpietsch @linuxfoundation okok I forgot the sarcasm marker, sorry :)

@bagder I can sense third round of canceling Stallman because he dared to show alternative.

@bagder
But they are right. There are lots of municipalities that instinctively are precautious because of GDPR rules about data that has nothing to do with personal data protection. Just because people now think that data should be secret. Open data is what fuel lots things like open street map and what not.

@linuxfoundation

@bagder @linuxfoundation
Yep, just look at their "members" page: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/about/members
Among the top "platinum" corporate members are Microsoft and Meta. The Linux Foundation is funded by wealthy corporations that are absolutely NOT on our side. All the big corporations that gather our data for nefarious purposes including giving it to the government on request are on this page.

@bagder @linuxfoundation We're all waiting for Linus opinion about this. 😎🍿