That’s not true. Do you think the engineers working full time on Linux are being paid from donations?
They work for businesses.
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Lembot_0002@lemm.ee 11 months agoIt mostly doesn’t. Just some donations to keep it afloat.
A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Lembot_0002@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Yes, some engineers got their salary from companies. I see no problem here. You can count it as a donations from business.
I mean Linux is written for having Linux. Microsoft does its stuff having money as a goal. Principally different approaches. You can consider Linux as a non-profit organization if it is more comfortable to you.
A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Huh? I wasn’t making a value judgement, I was just saying Linux development is largely funded from other means than donations.
Lembot_0002@lemm.ee 11 months ago
And? The question was “Where does Linux get money?”, my answer was “No money, that isn’t even a goal”.
I don’t understand you.
Zachariah@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Check mate!