Over the past year+, we’ve shared updates on things like the Grants Program pause, PyCon US financial transparency, our NSF grant withdrawal, and the “Open Infrastructure is Not Free” statement. This new post pulls those threads together into one clear overview.
In short: our costs have gone up, our assets and revenue have gone down, and demand for the PSF’s work continues to grow. Meanwhile, Python usage is surging (which is great!), but corporate investment in the language and community hasn’t kept pace.
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