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The Python Software Foundation (PSF) has withdrawn its $1.5 million grant proposal to the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) due to funding terms forcing a compromise on its commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

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[–] QuantumTickle@lemmy.zip 67 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I don't own a pair of "programming" socks. I'm not the target audience for them. But if Python sold a pair to raise money? I could get behind that.

[–] lena 21 points 2 months ago

Hell yeah, this is a genius marketing idea. Would buy

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

I was delighted recently to discover kde has swag and bought some for me and for presents. Every open source group should have a store.

[–] manxu@piefed.social 37 points 2 months ago (2 children)

"We can't give you any money if you are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Instead, we need you to commit to..."

I get that for these people, DEI is short-hand for POC and LGBTQ+ people, but what exactly are they proposing instead? Monoculture, iniquity, and exclusion? That even sounds stupid. White people power?

[–] Mist101@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago

Yes, it is exactly the middle-schooler mentality of "Nu-uh!" that they have going for them and nothing else.

Hopefully this is a sign that organizations are beginning to recognize that capitulation to this regime has very little benefit and will only lead to increasingly unreasonable demands.

[–] TehPers@beehaw.org 21 points 2 months ago

It sounded from the PSF article that the biggest reason they rejected it, aside from the ethical concerns, was that they could be asked to give the money back if they are found to be violating that term anywhere and at any time. Even if they didn't care about the term regarding DEI, the risk of being liable for $1.5m to the US government all because an orange blob didn't like the logo is too great of a risk.

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 16 points 2 months ago
[–] BlackLaZoR@fedia.io 12 points 2 months ago

Python doesn't have enough snakes in their dev team.

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Why pay for python fascist incentives when they could just reach out to that ruby ghoul instead? He's already doing it for free...