I do not know that I have the answer to your question. However the PDF referenced provides some interesting pointers to the motivations of these companies. And from the look of things, advocacy only plays a small part.
P. On Jun 01, 2011, at 09:45, Brian Ssennoga wrote: > Paul, > > Quite interesting ideas therein, > > Where do 'little' FOSS institutions like EACOSS go to get companies and > communities to 'give back' when the focus is still at a low - Raise a > critical mass of FOSS practitioners - even though diversification can get > them to take on large tasks like incubation and so on? > > How do you rely on humanitarian donors like IICD and USAID and yet you know > that the real sustainable (read: self-interest based donations) come out of > companies like Ericsson and MTN and the likes? > > How do you walk to Google when your primary (and current) role is to raise > critical mass, not to decipher android bugs?? > > Is there anything for the likes of EACOSS in FOSS communities 'giving back' > to FOSS?? > > #justasking > > Brian > > On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 9:30 AM, Paul Bagyenda <[email protected]> wrote: > "Open...and Shut For years, open-source advocates – including me – have > demanded greater open-source contributions from the world's largest > beneficiaries, from Google to Morgan Stanley and the US Department of > Defense. Now Amazon is on the firing line for not giving back commensurate > with the benefits it receives from various open-source communities, and the > thinking behind the arguments are as wrong-headed as they ever were." > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/05/31/open_source_givers_and_takers/ > > Links to an interesting PDF on who contributes to Linux: > http://www.linuxfoundation.org/sites/main/files/publications/whowriteslinux.pdf > > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any > way. > > > > -- > Love indeed conquers all..... > Brian A. Ssennoga > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any > way.
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