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Questioning the Linux Foundation's Credentials

Posted by kdawson on from the asbestos-suits dept.

nadamsieee writes "Neil McAllister has posted a provocative article titled Questioning the Linux Foundation's credentials. He questions the motivations behind the newly formed organization. Quoting: 'But wouldn't it make more sense to call the merged organization the Open Source and Standards Lab, or the Free Software and Standards Group? Why did they have to go and call it the Linux Foundation?' McAllister then goes on to explain why he believes that 'the Linux Foundation isn't any kind of philanthropic foundation at all[,] it's an industry trade organization.'"

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  1. because by President_Camacho · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why did they have to go and call it the Linux Foundation?

    Because if they called it the BSD Foundation, all you'd ever hear is about how it's dying.

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  2. Wrong way round! by Whiney+Mac+Fanboy · · Score: 5, Informative
    The author says:

    What do you get if you cross an open source development consortium with an organisation that promotes free standards? Answer: You get a Linux advocacy group. Or so it seems.
    ODSL & FSG were misnamed - ODSL employees worked on linux and the FSG worked on the linux standard base.

    It's natural for the union between them to be called "the linux something".
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  3. Sure it is. by inode_buddha · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Sure its an industry trade organization. What's wrong with that? After all, we also have the BSA, the RIAA, and a plethora of standards bodies and "think tanks", "focus groups", ad nauseum and et cetera.

    So, what's the issue?

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