[Meme] Linux (or Linux Foundation) Rapidly Becoming 'Stalin's Dream'

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2020-07-21 12:07:45 UTC
Modified: 2020-07-21 12:07:45 UTC

Related: Linux Foundation and the Big Surveillance Industry, Media Industry, Microsoft Azure | The Linux Foundation is Deep in the 'Surveillance Capitalism' Industry Now | Linux Foundation Still Owned and Controlled Largely -- and More Over Time -- by Surveillance Companies (Openwashing Services for Bad Practices and Bad Actors)

Stalin hotline: Incompetent (but useful) idiots; Contact-tracing! I like!
"As part of the agreement, Nearform will manage the source code repository on [Microsoft's proprietary software prison] GitHub," it says this Monday (more in our Daily Links to come)

Summary: The Linux Foundation's deep ties and collaborations with the surveillance industry (and Microsoft) continue to tighten

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