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DigitalOcean criticised over open source funding priorities
Original: RE: https:// social.owncast.online/@owncast /117362130347294367 Let me get this straight. Digital Ocean paid 2 million d
A debate is circulating after a claim that DigitalOcean paid two million dollars to fund a high-profile Linux project while scaling back support for smaller open source initiatives that received only a fraction of that amount. Critics say the company is prioritising prestige projects over the small communities that depend on its sponsorship, reopening arguments about how tech firms allocate their open source giving.
Why now: People are reacting to the contrast between a large corporate donation to a famous project and cuts to small open source projects.
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- RE: https:// social.owncast.online/@owncast /117362130347294367 Let me get this straight. Digital Ocean paid 2 million dollars to fund that rich racist's Linux project. But it has started pulling out support of open source projects that got tiny fractions of that for their… · phoenixx@infosec.exchange · 49
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