Re: on the irresponsibility of pursuing C language reform

"G. Branden Robinson" <[email protected]> Sat, 1 Aug 2026 15:52:26 -0500
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Hi Alex,

At 2026-08-01T22:42:09+0200, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> That's public, and has been since the begining.  It's published in the
> git repository:

I knew it was there somewhere.  (I see now--prominently, even!)

> 	$ cat SPONSORS
> 	Google               <https://opensource.google/>
> 	Hudson River Trading <https://www.hudsonrivertrading.com/>
> 	Meta                 <https://www.meta.com/>

I don't think many occasions call for you to quote the file contents.
In your position I would simply have the URL to this file handy for any
occasion where someone takes a run at my transparency.

In fact I think your approach to disclosure is near-optimal.  In my view
it is strongly superior to slathering acknowledgements of your sponsors
on all of your emails in your capacity as Linux man-pages maintainer,
which would degrade software engineering into something like NASCAR.

(There I go, alienating yet another fan community...)

Regards,
Branden

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