• CaptainBasculin@lemmy.ml
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    8 days ago

    Keep it a note that having them listed as a Chinese military company could let US put pressure against open source groups to not collaborate with them; very similar to how US forced Linux Foundation to kick off decade old russian collaborators.

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        8 days ago

        do you really think I give a shit about tencent? I just wanted to point out that this could have negative consequences for open source projects. Projects sponsored by them could lose a funding source, or any help work done by them could cease because of this.

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          7 days ago

          do you really think I give a shit about tencent?

          Yes, but I don’t understand why.

          I just wanted to point out that this could have negative consequences for open source projects.

          Something tells me the private billion dollar tech conglomerate doesn’t host a lot of “open source” projects.

          Projects sponsored by them could lose a funding source, or any help work done by them could cease because of this.

          That’s true, what sort of wholesome projects would lose funding? I would love to see that they sponsor the world’s largest food bank or help casualties of war get adequate medical treatment or fit for prosthetics (there isn’t a lot of money to be made in philanthropy in case you weren’t aware, i have 0 faith in tencent being benevolent in any way).