> This is strictly an issue for proprietary software.

it really isn't, as Google Chrome and Chromium shows there's no clear dividing line in the real world. Linux isn't developed by Bob the free software enthusiast, take a look at the code contributions to the kernel.

Overall I'm also in favour of driving linux adoption because it's still a better world but the idea that this has no spill over effect on anyone else is wrong. It's a fiction to think that Linux, just like a browser is anything but a collective project with most development driven by very few organizations who also have commercial or proprietary interests.

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Zambyte a day ago | parent [-]

> Google Chrome and Chromium shows there's no clear dividing line in the real world.

There are lots of Chromium forks. I don't really see how this contradicts my point.

	▲	Barrin92 a day ago \| parent [-]
		there's not any genuine forks. They're all dependent on Google, see Vivaldi last year announcing they'll drop manifest v2 support. They're all pretty much cosmetic reskins. Whoever puts up the money for development makes the choices, regardless what license you slap on it. And if there was a drastic mainstream adoption of linux, whatever implications that has for development focus, it would affect everyone because nobody is going to run a sincere kernel fork. [1]https://social.vivaldi.net/@Vivaldi/112633927397201824