Nobody is upset they paid $1.5M, at least, not here so far.
Nobody should be impressed they paid $1.5M. It's not a lot of money any more and it's jack shit to them. Am I mad? No. Do I think they should not have done it? Also no. Am I amazed by their munificence? No again.
Can the foundation use it? Yes. Not long ago they had to decline government money because of attached "anti woke" clauses. Now they get some money no strings attached.
My thoughts exactly. Like, good by why is it a news? Dozens of companies quietly keep employees on payroll contributing OS projects.
If they gave 100M one time, maybe it would have been newsworthy. 1.5m is nothing
> Big company uses open source and doesn't pay a cent. People are upset
> Big company uses open source and pays $1.5 million. People are upset
Nobody is upset they paid $1.5M, at least, not here so far.
Nobody should be impressed they paid $1.5M. It's not a lot of money any more and it's jack shit to them. Am I mad? No. Do I think they should not have done it? Also no. Am I amazed by their munificence? No again.
Can the foundation use it? Yes.
Not long ago they had to decline government money because of attached "anti woke" clauses. Now they get some money no strings attached.