Comment on Zig Software Foundation 2025 Financial Report and FundraiserparentComments−dns_snek1yZig team didn't want to be beholden to the whims of outside sponsors which is an understandable position.−pabs31yThey are still dependent on sponsors, just ones that donate cash instead of resources.−dns_snek1yThat'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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Zig team didn't want to be beholden to the whims of outside sponsors which is an understandable position.
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.