Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Why stay or start an FSF membership? To keep funding software freedom.

[Aaron Wolf]

While I agree *completely* with the concern, the Linux Foundation is a
501(c)(6) with a stated mandate to serve the *business* interests of
companies that use Linux. The FSF as a 501(c)(3) with a social mission
to promote software freedom *is* susceptible to take-over, but it's not
an analogous situation.

On 2019-09-21 4:09 p.m., Leah Rowe via libreplanet-discuss wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 21 Sep 2019 11:06:36 -0400
> Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> wrote:
> 
>> Linus Torvalds, perhaps, as the next FSF President?  :-)
> 
> You joke about this, but you should never assume that an organization
> won't degrade in such a manner.
> 
> For instance, the Linux Foundation and many similar bodies are heavily
> funded and guided by Microsoft and other proprietary software
> companies. In the old days, such a scourge was unthinkable, and yet it
> is the reality today.
> 
> We must always remain viligant against any and all forms of corruption
> or regression that weaken the movement.
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> libreplanet-discuss mailing list
> libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org
> https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss
>