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Foundations seem critical for the health and longevity of ecosystems. It is interesting to compare the various foundations in other ecosystems, their tax/entity
by thenerdhead 2y ago
Foundations seem critical for the health and longevity of ecosystems. It is interesting to compare the various foundations in other ecosystems, their tax/entity status, and who comprises the board.
Many boards are structured to purely benefit the company “sponsoring” and this is wrong. I’ve always looked at PSF as a means of doing it right in all regards.
I wonder how much other ecosystems can grow if they gave up the control and allowed their communities to drive progress. One of the greatest parts of python and rust is the ability to still innovate the needs of the community and not just corporate interests
- rhkal 2y agoFree-threading goes in because Facebook wants it. Microsoft wants more control, too. The current PSF is doing nothing right. Up to 2014 it was a somewhat reasonable organization that marketed Python to academics, which is part of Python's success. Now it rests on its laurels, gives money to administrators and friends, stifles free speech and locks down the infrastructure. No innovation has ever come from the PSF. It takes the credit for the blood, sweat and tears of individual contributors.