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  • Re: Python rejects $1.5m

    From Dr. What@1:3634/27 to paul lee on Fri Oct 31 07:55:00 2025
    paul lee wrote to Mike Powell <=-

    Python rejects $1.5m US government grant to avoid compromising ethics
    with anti-DEI policies

    Freaking ridiculous. I hate these FOSS projects that put politics over everything - and alienate GREAT developers because they don't align
    100%.

    Stupidity.

    And it's bigger than just that.

    By saying that they are embrassing DEI (i.e. Didn't Earn It), they are admitting that they are allowing incompetent people to work on the project. And accepting changes by those incompetent people.

    It's now only a matter of time before Python crashes hard. Everything Woke turns to s#!t.


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  • From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to PAUL LEE on Fri Oct 31 11:17:12 2025
    Python rejects $1.5m US government grant to avoid compromising ethics with anti-DEI policies

    Freaking ridiculous. I hate these FOSS projects that put politics over everything - and alienate GREAT developers because they don't align 100%.

    Stupidity.

    In this case, I don't think they were necessarily being stupid. Sounded
    like the government policies might be difficult to adhere to even if you *agree* with them.

    It is probably best to try to avoid taking government money anytime you
    can. All it takes is an election, Presidential or mid-term, to throw your funding into jeopardy and/or to get you stuck with the whims of whichever
    party takes control.

    Having worked in government (state) for 27 years, I saw all sorts of crap happen when administrations (state and federal) changed. Best not to get yourself tied up with them in any way, shape, or form.


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