Yeah I thought about Linux as a possible counter-example, then I realized that a significant amount of the maintenance burden of Linux as an operating system has been carried by American companies.
FOSS in general too, but a lot of that has also been done by american individuals either by themselves or backed by their employers.
And of course Linus Torvalds moved from Finland to America of all the places he could’ve chosen.
Yeah I thought about Linux as a possible counter-example, then I realized that a significant amount of the maintenance burden of Linux as an operating system has been carried by American companies.
FOSS in general too, but a lot of that has also been done by american individuals either by themselves or backed by their employers.
And of course Linus Torvalds moved from Finland to America of all the places he could’ve chosen.
There are Americans who contribute, but they don’t own the product; nobody does.