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SustainEpisode 276: Dawn Wages and Loren Crary on funding the PSFGuests
Dawn Wages | Loren Crary
Panelist
Richard Littauer
Show Notes
In this episode of Sustain, Richard Littauer talks with Dawn Wages, former Chair of the Python Software Foundation board and Loren Crary, Deputy Executive Director of the PSF, about how the PSF sustains Python and its community, governance, fundraising, and events like PyCon US, and why they ultimately turned down a $1.5M NSF grant rather than accept new anti-DEI conditions. They walk through what the grant was for, how the decision unfolded, the financial and ethical risks involved, and...
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