Series parts:

1. series
2. What the 2022 Tax Filing (From 7 Months Ago, for Tax Year 2021) Teaches Us About the Linux Foundation
3. Part 3
4. YOU ARE HERE ☞ How the Foundation Makes Its Money

Video download link | md5sum 01beded0d72272a6c7f3da823a617340 Kernel and Linux or LF Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0



Summary: The tax-exempt foundation called after "Linux" barely cares about Linux, nor does it invest much in Linux; it's just a money-grabbing outfit run by people who never used GNU/Linux, led by a charlatan married to a fraud [1, 2, 3]

THE Linux Foundation series focuses on information provided by the Foundation itself. In Part 3, which the video above discusses, we talked about the "LINUX KERNEL ORGANIZATION". It may not be big and isn't profitable, but the Foundation calls itself after the kernel, even in 2023. Only a minuscule amount of money -- in relative terms -- is designated/allocated to help and/or promote this kernel.

In terms of income, this is what it looked like last year, based on IRS filings:

We'll cover this more properly in future parts. The Foundation isn't a technical powerhouse but an event organiser with a few geeks thrown in for "good measure". It monopolises the debates and polices/sells keynotes on behalf of large corporations such as Microsoft. Is that what we want? Is this what we need? ⬆