Some Sourceware community members worry that accepting OpenSSF’s assistance will enable the enterprise Linux sector to benefit more from his FOSS development tools. The Software Freedom Conservancy is where they prefer to turn for assistance. This nonprofit company feels that it is more appropriate for software freedom.
The Linux Foundation and Conservancy are both backed by Google, Microsoft, Verizon, and others. However, the Conservancy is supported by Mozilla and other organizations. This fellowship solicitation was considered over the years and proposed in September, prompting FOSS Fellowship participants to debate what sponsorship was appropriate and desirable. The result – how developer tools like GCC are hosted and who pays for them – has consequences for better or worse.
In a message to his Sourceware Overseers mailing list, system software developer Frank Ch. Eigler announced that the 24-year-old open source project would like to provide financial support to the Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC). The Conservancy is a nonprofit organization that helps protect free and open source software. ..
The GNU Project developer tools, including GCC, GDB, glibc, Binutils, and GNATS are important components of the open source ecosystem. The project’s current infrastructure, provided by IBM’s Red Hat, is fine. However, it’s always good to think about future needs.
OpenSSF is a sourceware project that uses a collar and thread to keep it together. General Manager Brian Behlendorf explained this in his presentation at OpenJS World 2022. ..
The Linux kernel is a complex and powerful system that requires a build server in order to create GCC, glibc, and GDB. I was in a position to support this requirement, but I didn’t.
In recent years, there has been a growing concern that the open source software ecosystem could use more discipline. This is due in part to the fact that the ecosystem is large and diverse, and it can be difficult to keep track of who is doing what and why. Additionally, some developers have complained that the open source community does not provide enough support for their work.
