Has Sony ever contributed anything to FreeBSD?
Has Sony ever contributed anything to FreeBSD?
I wonder whether Sony has ever contributed anything to FreeBSD codebase or the FreeBSD foundation.
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The most information I could find about it is a forum thread where angry FreeBSD fans react to an article talking about how the Nintendo Switch used FreeBSD components, which led to people mentioning the PlayStation 3 which led to a user talking about how Sony contributed upstream.
Which means I found literally nothing.
AFAIK it's common knowledge that the PlayStation and the Switch use elements of the BSD software stack.
That may not automatically imply 100% contribution, since the license allows them to use, modify and ship those elements without giving them back to the community.
That may not automatically imply 100% contribution
Thus the angry fans on the forum.
I've never understood that from BSD people. I mean that's how the license is, what do they expect? 😁