It's interesting to see an organization like RStudio decide to change their status to a public benefit corporation, plus go through the process of becoming a certified B Corp. The nature of a PBC, in having more latitude to consider actions that don't necessarily build shareholder value as their primary concern, certainly seems to line up well with its open-source roots. I've tended to associate PBCs with companies l…
I think this is also a very rational move. IDEs and tooling is just participial about actual performance of said software, but also about the culture and community it is embedded in. So going for a long term commitment to open source is a strong signal to users and other stakeholders.
Bringing up Gitlab in this regard is a very good point, especially after MS bought Github..