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Google contributes a lot to Kotlin though. So they are not just sponsors.

• yannoninator 6y ago
  Interesting perspective, so just like Rust then? Seems like Google can just buy board seats then.
  • ta988 6y ago
    If you mean by dedicating workforce (which costs money, and a lot for them because of their salaries policies) they are buying a seat? Yes. The same way a major contributor (not just code, but doc, funding, community building...) to a FOSS project often has more power on the decisions than users. Now I would be unhappy to see a company that just pours millions in a project, gets to take decisions but doesn't do anything else to make the project better. But I don't believe that's the case here.
    • yannoninator 6y ago
      You can do all of this without getting a board seat. It seems we are all OK with allowing this to happen, but we shall see.