Good point. I didn't read that in the article, but I see what you mean. Perhaps pointless relative to the objective of a desktop competing in shares with mac and win? Liked foundation idea to protect contributors of independent desktops, not only those backed by large companies.https://twitter.com/killyourfm/status/1115537500783689728 …
It's my interpretation anyway. Difficult to take away a clear message from that article, but I agree on the Linux Foundation suggestion.