On Tue, 05 Aug 2008 22:34:40 -0700, Rekruled wrote:
>>>> Yes, it's a commercial Brazilian disto backed by the government and
>>>> the largest federal bank in Brazil:
>>>
>>> Only Linux needs government backing and sometimes even legislation to
>>> succeed (by OSS standards of "success" anyway).
>>
>>
>> You're sticking your head in the sand to not notice the ramifications
>> of this moving Brazil further away from dependence on American IP.
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> How much money does Linux get from various governments?
Well, Brazil might contribute to the kernel, as might China. The NSA has
contributed SELinux, and I think NASA made some contributions. The Linux
foundation gets money from many sources, and code from many sources, you
could check their website. Russia, by the way, is turning towards Linux,
and there's no reason why they wouldn't contribute to the kernel,
either. What's the point of your question?
Not all contributions have to in the form of source code submitted to the
kernel, nor in dollars donated to kernel.org, either.
I wouldn't say that "Linux" needs money, per se. What it "needs" are
users and developers. Here we have an example of an increase in users
who may very well have specific requirements which can only be met by
either developing software for Linux or changes to "Linux" (or one of its
utilities).
> What governments?
*Brazil* is seemingly moving further away from dependence on *American*
IP, which has ramifications for both countries. If no-one bought
American IP, that wouldn't be good for America, would it (all else being
equal)?
> What risks does this pose if any?
Depends if you're Brazilian or American ;)
-Thufir
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