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Raspberry Pi becomes a public company (www.theregister.com)

submitted 5 months ago by ForgottenFlux to c/technology

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago (2 children)

It was some kind of non-profit previously right? What happens with the money paid for the shares they floated?

[–] Veraxus 15 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I think they’re playing the same game OpenAI is. Nonprofits can “own” for-profits.

No, it’s not rational or ethical or reasonable, but it’s a thing, because Capitalism gotta Capitalism.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Nonprofits can “own” for-profits.

One of the saner reasons for this structure is that the non-profit owns the things the for-profit works on. If the for-profit goes under, all things are still owned by the non-profit, so some large tech company can't swoop in and yoink anything available.

This includes any and all data generated by the for-profit, which means your data is "safe".

[–] Linkerbaan 2 points 5 months ago

The non-profit could sell the for-profit, or it would inherit the debt of the for-profit if it didn't bankrupt it.

[–] ashok36 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

There are two separate entities: the raspberry pi foundation which is the charity and unchanged, and the raspberries pi holdings company which has always been the business side of the project. The corporation contributes to the foundation a significant amount of money which is not changing. The charity is the majority stakeholder in the company.

Here's the founder explaining it

https://youtu.be/EoSPR_dZnYg?feature=shared

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