>>24030
>You seem low iq and really mad and lonely.
Are you trying to bait me? Your naïvety is cute. Your attempt to attack intelligence instead an argument makes for clear ad hominem but not a good argument in itself. Frankly, I think you spend too much time in self-reflection and injecting your insecurities into the discussion.
The Linux Foundation is a US$200M empire that is heavily funded by the largest tech companies, each of whom has been called to the carpet for their lack of privacy protection. Do you believe that they don't have any strings attached to their contributions?
In addition to the funding, the board of directors at the Linux Foundation is represented by the whos-who of tech giants.
+- ---+-------------------------+----------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
| # | Donor | Amount (year) | Source note |
+-----+-------------------------+----------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
| 1 | Google / Alphabet | $5,000,000+ (2023) | Corporate Platinum member — public LF tier/press |
| 2 | Microsoft | $5,000,000+ (2023) | Corporate Platinum member — public LF tier/press |
| 3 | Amazon Web Services | $4,000,000+ (2023) | Corporate Platinum member — LF membership tiers |
| 4 | Huawei | $2,000,000+ (2022) | Reported LF sponsorships; membership tier est. |
| 5 | Intel | $2,000,000+ (2023) | Corporate member; tier-based estimate |
| 6 | Facebook / Meta | $1,500,000+ (2023) | Corporate member; tier-based estimate |
| 7 | IBM | $1,000,000+ (2023) | Longtime sponsor/member; public disclosures |
| 8 | The Linux Foundation | $1,000,000 | (aggregate, Grants from foundations/corporate |
| | (memberships via | | reports listing payments to LF |
| | corporate consortia) | | |
| | 2022) | | |
| 9 | GitHub / Microsoft | $750,000+ (2022) | Program grants / sponsorship announcements |
| | (distinct program | | |
| | support) | | |
| 10 | The Alfred P. Sloan | $500,000 (2021) | Public grant listed in foundation grant records |
| | Foundation | | |
+-----+-------------------------+----------------------+--------------------------------------------------+
Source: Linux Foundation Annual Report + IRS 990 Filings + Press Release Information
The code base is another question. Yes, there are developers from large and small, corporations and individuals, all adding their commits. For Linux Kernel 5.10, Huawai and Intel committed the most changed lines to the project.
(source: https://news.itsfoss.com/huawei-kernel-contribution/ )
The not-pro-privacy crowd are the same people who
fund, build, and drive the ship.
Again, do we actually believe there is no untoward additions to the codebase? It would be at least as naïve as you are to assume so. Good opsec demands skepticism.
Truth be told, I strongly prefer FOSS based software wherever possible. I also have a professional life that requires the use of closed source commercial crap. Regardless of the source of the software, it is all suspect. It is fair to speculate that most people, even many professional software engineers, wouldn't posses the time or skills necessary to audit code this complex.
Despite laying this out and stating my claim clearly, employing logical structure in my argument, and citing the sources used, I've no doubt you'll just revert to some stupid rhetoric attacking whether or not I have any intelligence.
Therefore, I agree with
>>24039 ... you are clearly well acquainted with the short bus ...