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Why does this tie to the linux foundation?

> How about running npm like an open source project instead?

In the end such a large service requires a fair bit of hardware & costs to work. While I would prefer there wasn't as much dependency on something a single company controls. The largeness of node & npm makes it quite the target.

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exactly, this has nothing to do with the LF and everything to do with the NodeJS community being OK with a for-profit startup owning their registry... the registry should be community owned and funded similar to the way say the LF runs LetsEncrypt.org as a community resource

You realize that LF is only a minor partner in LetsEncrypt, right? The major partners are EFF, Mozilla, OVH, Akamai and Cisco (and Cisco being involved is a very good reason to stay the hell away from it).

No big fan of Cisco but unless someone else will chime in and explain why this is a big deal when it comes to LetsEncrypt I think this is a bit over the top.

To be honest, i don't know if it's practical for something like this to be community funded. Ideally there would be a committee from multiple companies who have interest that can contribute. Node.js has a board for example.

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