It has little to do with financing. In addition to the development cost there is now also a membership fee.
What a donation to the Linux foundation offers is ensuring that the trademarks are owned by a neutral entity, that the code for the SDKs and ownership of the organization is now under a neutral entity. For big corporations these are real concerns and that’s what the LF offers.
What a donation to the Linux foundation offers is ensuring that the trademarks are owned by a neutral entity, that the code for the SDKs and ownership of the organization is now under a neutral entity. For big corporations these are real concerns and that’s what the LF offers.