[Swlug] Of interest to Linux Foundation members

[Mark Einon]

Hello,

This may be of interest, especially if you're a member of the Linux Foundation (LF).

It appears that the main interest of the LF is to their corporate members
(which is what a US based Foundation is legally bound to do), not Linux itself
...which has resulted in the following situation discussed in the link.

https://lwn.net/Articles/665739/

The TL;DR facts are, from which you can draw your own conclusions:

* The Linux Foundation has withdrawn financial support from the Software
Freedom Conservancy (SFC)

* The SFC, which is one of the few organisations that fight legally for GPL
compliance, is currently involved in a lawsuit against VMware regarding their
alleged Linux GPL non-compliance

* VMware is a corporate member of the Linux Foundation


Suffice to say, I'm no longer a LF member.


Mark