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haneefmubarak on July 2, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ladybird Web Browser becomes a non-profit with $1M...

Would you accept "issue" sponsorship to prioritize work you were going to do anyways - for instance, improving performance for a specific usecase etc?

troad on July 3, 2024 [–]

I think he's saying precisely that they won't, and I support this. What is issue sponsorship but a donation with strings attached? It would mean ceding control of the direction of the project's development to the highest bidder.

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