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Even ignoring politics, I’m sure there are more impactful ways to spend $18 million. Many OSS projects are underfunded, why not give some of that to e.g. Bevy (

Even ignoring politics, I’m sure there are more impactful ways to spend $18 million. Many OSS projects are underfunded, why not give some of that to e.g. Bevy (https://bevy.org/sponsorship-pledge/ https://bevy.org/sponsorship-pledge/), Unsloth (https://github.com/sponsors/unslothai https://github.com/sponsors/unslothai), or better, many small grants to many small projects?

nubinetwork 23d ago
If these companies wanted to donate to OSS, they would have already. They've made their decision.
diath 23d ago
You are free to donate your money to your project of choice.
- tfrancisl 23d ago
  This is such a disingenuous comment. People are allowed to be displeased with how these very wealthy people have spent their money without being told "hrmm, well maybe you should vote with your dollar!!"
  - cocoricamo 21d ago
    No, it's their money, they may as well burn it. Why should we care, we didn't earn it and we have no right to it. It'd be different if we were talking about government funding. Companies and individuals can and should be able to do with their assets as they please.
    - tfrancisl 21d ago
      This is some Randian "no society, only individuals" level of commentary. I dont have to have a "right" to their money to find how they spend it objectionable, and I sure as hell don't need to act like their actions won't have second and third order effects. Everything is connected, and the sooner we get away from this idea that individuals operate in a bubble, the sooner we will all benefit.
      - cocoricamo 20d ago
        No, this is a respect other entities rights commentary.
- undeveloper 23d ago
  do you have 18 million on hand