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I do not use Python for anything, but I donated. Any project, willing to stand up for its morals and against BS rules, is worth supporting.

Was going to go into just Rust and GDScript more but you what I am going to go into Python now too. Massive respect to them

Sent a donation! For as much as I’ve used python probably should have donated sooner but better late than never

I'd do the same

It does not matter how much money you do or don't have, there is no sense pretending there is any sustainable path forward without a conscious commitment to inclusivity.

To make matters worse, the terms included a provision that if the PSF was found to have voilated that anti-DEI diktat, the NSF reserved the right to claw back any previously disbursed funds, Crary explained. "This would create a situation where money we'd already spent could be taken back, which would be an enormous, open-ended financial risk," the PSF director added.

Nobody in their right mind would sign such a travesty.

And that's what made me finally donate to Python after a little over a decade of using it.

There's a joke about whitespace here somewhere, I just know it.

the terms included a provision that if the PSF was found to have voilated that anti-DEI diktat, the NSF reserved the right to claw back any previously disbursed funds, Crary explained.

"This would create a situation where money we'd already spent could be taken back, which would be an enormous, open-ended financial risk," the PSF director added.

"Part of the problem here is all the uncertainties," Crary told us. "Even if we wanted to give up anything that might be considered [DEI] work - which we don't - part of the risk here is that all these restrictions are new, the language is very broad ... I had no interest in being the test case."

Sounds like a really awful deal; get some funding, but the unpredictable and corrupt US government gets opportunities to bankrupt you.

Fuck yes. Nerds with basic fucking integrity. Mad respect.

DEI was a solution to a problem. When you remove the solution, what remains is the problem.

I very rarely do any python development, but it sounds like it's time to make a donation.

https://www.python.org/psf/donations/

Paying companies to be racist, what a world.

I've met Guido (founder of the language) a few of times and I've never seen anyone care as much about community and diversity in the programming world as he does. Guido mentored people personaly to fill in diversity gaps so needless to say diversity is very important to the Python community, even after Guido himself stepped down from Python Foundation, the community never faltered in remaining true to these issues.

These terms included affirming the statement that we 'do not, and will not during the term of this financial assistance award, operate any programs that advance or promote DEI [diversity, equity, and inclusion], or discriminatory equity ideology in violation of Federal anti-discrimination laws,'

Insane. I can't even fathom adding such a condition. And to a well established org with a positive track record.

Toxic offer. Wouldn't even be able to say that inclusivity is a good thing.

DEI is just the easiest way for the administration to be racist and commit hate based firings without repercussions.

Glad people are refusing to sign an agreement with the fascists as THEY WILL take money back at any moment in time. They are very fragile people trying to compensate for being cucks.

Good on them to stick to their guns!