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		lambertsimnel on Nov 19, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Governments turn to Open Source for sovereignty I hate to be a GNU-Linux pedant, but isn't it GNU that's American, while Linux (the kernel) is European?

amatecha on Nov 19, 2023 | [–]

Linux Foundation is a US nonprofit[0], maybe that's what they're getting at? /shrug

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Foundation

vbezhenar on Nov 19, 2023 | [–]

Counting by contributions, most are from US companies. Only Huawei is a notable exception. Linus is an American citizen, AFAIK. Linux Foundation is US company.

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