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[–] SocialistVibes01@lemmy.ml 32 points 1 week ago (5 children)

I simply cannot see any good coming from Foundations receiving funds from objectively bad Corporations. Hope I'm wrong.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Wait, the implication here is that there are good corporations?

[–] SocialistVibes01@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

there's nothing more important than being right on the internet. lol

[–] Tetsuo@jlai.lu 11 points 1 week ago

I'm more on the side of "never stop an adversary from making a mistake".

If they give their dirty money but have no control or power over you, take it and use it for your own agenda.

[–] AnyOldName3@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Sometimes, evil corporations want to use a FLOSS tool for exactly the same things as its other users do, so if they give money to the developers to use to do what the users want, everyone benefits. Other times, evil corporations want to buy some of the good reputation of a FLOSS tool and/or infect it with their toxic reputation as a marketing strategy, and only evil benefits.

[–] Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Could be worse, and it's free money.

[–] SocialistVibes01@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The cynic (ML?) in me says there's no free lunch under capitalism.

[–] Calfpupa@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

The cynic (historical materialist) in me says this happens constantly under capitalism.

[–] Yttra@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

If they have a significant amount of money to donate to a foundation the odds are they're evil anyway.

Foundations can just not get enough money and collapse, if you want.