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0 pointsdns_snek9mo ago0 comments

Zig team didn't want to be beholden to the whims of outside sponsors which is an understandable position.

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pabs39mo ago· 1 in thread

They are still dependent on sponsors, just ones that donate cash instead of resources.

That's true but I'm pretty sure that the goal is to have a large number of individual sponsors. A handful of large corporate sponsors can later try to use their sponsorship to exert unwanted influence over the project.

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