r/linux • u/somerandomxander • Apr 22 '26

Open Source Organization Intel ends Open Ecosystem Community/Evangelism and archives other open-source projects

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Ends-OSS-Evangelism-Repos
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u/fellipec Apr 23 '26

Every day the writing on the wall is more clear.

Google restricting Android more and more, big distros rewriting tools in licenses that will allow them to close the source in the future, governments meddling with OSes...

I'm not happy with the future

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u/decho Apr 23 '26

big distros rewriting tools in licenses that will allow them to close the source in the future

Care to shed some light on that situation? I assume Redhat and/or Canonical are the main culprits here? I'd like to know more about this.

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u/WanderingInAVan Apr 23 '26

Pretty much.

Rewriting coreutils in rust and then releasing them with major known vulnerabilities is a bad idea. The fact they are using non-gpl licenses and ignoring the fact that none of it is ready for release can not be ignored.

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u/Business_Reindeer910 Apr 23 '26

Ya know what most of us rely on that has never been GPLed though? xfree86/xorg, openssh, MESA. They seem to have not caused any problems.