Papa António, will you feed poor, orphaned states in exchange for votes in favour of illegal proposals?
Summary: The current EPO does not and cannot operate properly anymore; the sole goal is milking it to death by giving millions of illegal European Patents (in violation of the European Patent Convention)
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."