Simon Richter writes: > A core component of the operating system we ship is so complex that it > needs to be maintained by full-time employees. This has effectively given > the corporation employing these people veto power over our technical > decisions, because even though the software they ship is technically free > software, the cost of maintaining a fork is higher than a volunteer > organization can afford sustainably.
Yes, I agree that Debian can't maintain a custom fork of the Linux kernel and we practically have to trust employees of the Linux Foundation like Linus Torvalds to maintain it reasonably. > The same corporation has also issued a statement on the reelection of RMS > to the FSF board, so apparently they don't feel the need to be "apolitical" > in the interest of not alienating "valuable" contributors, so I fail to see > what we are trying to achieve here. The Linux Foundation has issued a statement on the FSF board changes? Ansgar