Over 97% of the ‘Linux’ Foundation’s Budget Goes Not to Linux

“Linux”基金会超过 97% 的预算并未用于 Linux

According to the latest annual report from the Linux Foundation (LF), less than 3% of its budgetary resources are allocated to the thing it is named after! 根据 Linux 基金会 (LF) 的最新年度报告，其不到 3% 的预算资源被分配给了它所冠名的项目！

“What percent of the LF budget, if any, is still spent on Linux?” Someone rightly asked this (many other people ask the same thing, more so in the past decade or so). Consider these annotated screenshots: Page 58 and a little from page 20 are shove above. “LF 的预算中，还有多少比例（如果有的话）是花在 Linux 上的？”有人提出了这个合理的问题（许多其他人也问过同样的问题，尤其是在过去十年左右）。请参考这些带有注释的截图：上方展示了第 58 页以及第 20 页的部分内容。

“The info was rather buried,” we’re reminded. “The answer is, 2.95% is spent on Linux,” but some legwork is needed to do these calculations, as the facts tend to be obscured somewhat. “这些信息被掩盖了，”我们被提醒道。“答案是，只有 2.95% 的资金花在 Linux 上。”但要得出这些计算结果需要做一些调查工作，因为事实往往被某种程度上模糊处理了。

So where does the money go? Promoting or tolerating policies that hurt Linux. “Should the various distro communities report LF en masse for trademark violation for their 2% budget?” asked a reader, pointing to linuxmark.org but explaining: “The problem there is that URL links back to the Linux Foundation which is itself the main part of the problem.” 那么钱都去哪了？去推广或容忍那些伤害 Linux 的政策了。一位读者问道：“各个发行版社区是否应该集体举报 LF 的商标侵权行为，毕竟他们只投入了 2% 的预算？”他指向了 linuxmark.org，但解释说：“问题在于该网址链接回了 Linux 基金会，而基金会本身就是问题的主要部分。”

Linus Torvalds is not in charge and is no longer compensated fairly, either. The highest paid people don’t even use Linux. Torvalds is no longer in the top 10 (not anymore). Linus Torvalds 并不负责管理，而且他的薪酬也不再公平。那些薪水最高的人甚至根本不用 Linux。Torvalds 已经不在前十名之列了（不再是了）。

There is a term for this: mission creep. In this case, openwashing. Everything is now “open”, “cloud”, “AI” etc. 这种情况有一个术语：任务蔓延（mission creep）。在这种情况下，就是“洗开源”（openwashing）。现在一切都变成了“开源”、“云”、“人工智能”等等。