This is a bullshit excuse. People don't decide to sponsor a project in a vacuum. They look at the project, its history, and the circumstances of its creation. T

This is a bullshit excuse. People don't decide to sponsor a project in a vacuum. They look at the project, its history, and the circumstances of its creation. The project is free to begin with, so what is there to sponsor in the first place? If I make a donation to a charity which I trust, and some third party simply takes the money and hands it over to some other charity instead, claiming that it doesn't matter because the goal is the same, I'd be rightfully outraged. How is this different?