Summary: The UPC's preparatory committee (Unified Patent Court Committee) is pretending not to understand that London is neither in France nor in Italy; this whole scandal serves to show how Team UPC basically tarnishes the reputation of the European Union and national governments, in effect repudiating the state and the Rule of Law (this is an offence in Germany)
The crowd/audience Linus Torvalds panders to is paid by GAFAM to go attend and dominate (speak at) LF events. They're people whose employer forces them to use slop, it's inorganic.
"Before the announcement, former Microsoft employees publicly described staff being placed on performance improvement plans or offered “voluntary” exits."
