The PSF’s mission statement enshrines a commitment to supporting and growing “a diverse and international community of Python programmers,” and the Foundation ultimately decided it wasn’t willing to compromise on that position, even for what would have been a solid financial boost for the organization.
“The PSF is a relatively small organization, operating with an annual budget of around $5 million per year, with a staff of just 14,” Crary added, noting that the $1.5 million would have been the largest grant the Foundation had ever received - but it wasn’t worth it if the conditions were undermining the PSF’s mission.
The PSF board voted unanimously to withdraw its grant application.
a small number of really smart people is better for systems programming and similar things like interpreters/compilers. also i think that number doesn’t include open source contributors, of which there are likely many more
Yeah, the employees are the ones setting goals and steering the project while a large amount of the development work is done by outside contributors. This grant would basically just get them the funding to properly organize a push.