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[โ€“] litchralee@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Is the Linux kernel a project of the Linux Foundation though? I understood that Linus Torvalds still maintains the kernel under his original authority, and the Foundation's projects are all the ancillary specifications that the kernel should follow and related distros that make use of the kernel.

[โ€“] ell1e@leminal.space 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It seems to me like the Linux Foundation provides the legal advice to the Linux kernel. And the Linux Foundation seems to have essentially given a green light for AI use here: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/legal/generative-ai

My personal assumption is that whatever Torvalds decides happens on top of those baseline restrictions, but I could be entirely wrong.