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Large companies donating large sums of money non-anonymously seems to circumvent the 'we're neutral because we don't have sponsors' credo. They'll get used to
by linuxftw 8y ago
Large companies donating large sums of money non-anonymously seems to circumvent the 'we're neutral because we don't have sponsors' credo.
They'll get used to the large cash injections, that is how political power is bought.
- nolok 8y agoWikipedia already has a problem with cash injections and not being able to save extra money instead of launching more and more projects. As for the point you're making, I disagree as long as the income from one company isn't reaching too big a percentage of their total yearly income. And then again, Firefox clearly wasn't politically subservient to Google, despite most of their income coming from there. So it's not so much an automatic reaction, the internal culture plays a big role. Which is why Wikipedia pre-existing issue with incoming cash usage is a red flag.