Simons always seemed to be more about attaching the Simons name to superstars' halos, and promoting Simons, than about maximizing the impact of the contribution

Simons always seemed to be more about attaching the Simons name to superstars' halos, and promoting Simons, than about maximizing the impact of the contribution to science. "Buying a proprietary license for many researchers is better advertising for Simons name among those academics, then "funding an open source project" which is relatively more anonymous gift (unless SMC tries to sell trademark rights, creating "SMC by Simons" -- maybe a good idea).