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Unity’s Open-Source Double Standard: the ban of VLC (mfkl.github.io)
submitted 10 months ago by TrivialBetaState@sopuli.xyz to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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Another good lesson about why we should trust only FOSS ecosystems

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[–] backhdlp@iusearchlinux.fyi 9 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Wait he already left?

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The parachutes don't work if you stay on the plane.

[–] backhdlp@iusearchlinux.fyi 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What?

[–] Zink@programming.dev 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I think they were referring to golden parachutes.

[–] backhdlp@iusearchlinux.fyi 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

What²?

[–] CallumWells@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago

It's a reference to monetary compensation often given to high level executives in large companies for when they leave for some reasons. Usually if the leaving is on a short short time frame as opposed to finding a new position they leave for voluntarily, although I don't know that much about how they actually work.

[–] Zink@programming.dev 1 points 10 months ago

Like the other reply said, it’s a bunch of money that high level execs are contractually guaranteed when they leave their job.

“So maybe stop doing that,” you say? I think these deals are in place before the person even starts work. It’s a part of the compensation package they are offered. It’s a recruiting tool, just like the overly high salaries and stock awards.