Google seems to be putting a lot of resources into their new Fuchsia OS, which though open source, is still completely managed by Google. It also has the drawback of not being under copyleft licenses like GPL, which means other companies can just take it and make proprietary forks.

People who have followed the Fuchsia project, do you see it eventually becoming a significant enough competitor to Linux to be a threat to it, and therefore giving Google even more control of the software world?

  • @AgreeableLandscapeOPM
    5•3 years ago

    To be fair, they could be planning to move Fuchsia to an independent foundation like Linux after it goes out of beta. But Google would most likely still be the biggest stakeholder so their company would still be effectively gaining market share.