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bgwalteryesterday at 9:52 PM1 replyview on HN

Is the Linux Foundation basically a dumping ground for projects that corporations no longer want to finance but still keep control over?

Facebook still has de facto control over PyTorch.


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somnium_snyesterday at 9:59 PM

It has little to do with financing. In addition to the development cost there is now also a membership fee.

What a donation to the Linux foundation offers is ensuring that the trademarks are owned by a neutral entity, that the code for the SDKs and ownership of the organization is now under a neutral entity. For big corporations these are real concerns and that’s what the LF offers.

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