[vthommeret]

I was curious how Igalia was funded and this was a surprisingly good interview on how they’re structured, how they work with the major browser companies, etc… Apparently many Apple, Google, Firefox engineers left to work for them.

https://thenewstack.io/igalia-the-open-source-powerhouse-you...

[thrdbndndn]

Thanks for the article, I never heard of them.

Since they are apparently "powerful" enough to decide major direction of WebKit development as evidenced by OP's article, what exactly is their relationship with Apple in this regard? Like who has the final say and who do the day-to-day decisions?

I'm always curious about the politics and power structure/dynamics of these major open source projects, especially the ones backed up by large companies.

[TingPing]

To be clear WebKit is made up of multiple ports. These ports are maintained by their own groups and Igalia maintains WebKitGTK/WPE where this change is happening. It does not affect the Apple ports of WebKit.

To answer your question though. WebKit is Apple's project and they do the majority of contributions. Igalia is the second largest contributor and collaborates with Apple regularly. Within the GTK/WPE ports Igalia controls them.

[spaniard89277]

It's in my city. Their offices are just a small flat in in a pretty bland neighborhood. I guess most of them work remote.

[TingPing]

82% remote :) (Not counting those that live in the city but are still WFH)

[infogulch]

Igalia is also working on Servo.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37430579

[leonheld]

Igalia and Collabora seem like pretty interesting places to work if you're doing open source. I've seen nothing but good come coming from there.