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By “close relationship”, I assume you mean that FUTO is a financial sponsor. Ladybird has been pretty clear that they will accept money from pretty much anybod
by LeFantome 6mo ago
By “close relationship”, I assume you mean that FUTO is a financial sponsor.
Ladybird has been pretty clear that they will accept money from pretty much anybody but that funding will not provide influence.
I mean, they mostly make sure sponsors websites look good in Ladybird but even that seems like a low priority if you watch them.
- fabrice_d 6mo agoIt's very naive to believe the "no influence" part. I will never give to Ladybird given their closeness with fascists. Is that the kind of influence they expect?
- kbelder 5mo agoI guess you'll have no influence over Ladybird, then.
- jordand 5mo agoAndreas is involved with FUTO's conferences, and given a keynote presentation at one. It's more than just financial.
- hitekker 5mo agoAnd Drew Devault, your source, has brazenly deceived HN before https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41838124 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41838124 To be clear, that source is happy to lie about their own identity and run away from basic questions. I'd treat this as another ill-baked cancel campaign unless someone actually credible speaks up
- csb6 5mo agoI've never understood that stance because surely the mere threat (even implied) of a sponsor removing thousands in funding would be enough to exert influence on the project. The sponsor money is used to pay developers to work on Ladybird so a major sponsor pulling out could mean laying off core developers, which the project would obviously be motivated to prevent.