Hi Branden, > Date: 2026-08-01 15:18:49-0500 > From: "G. Branden Robinson" <[email protected]> > > Hi Sam & Alex, > > Just a quick note on conflicts on interest since I'm the one who dragged > that label into the conversation--though the concept was implicitly > present already. > > At 2026-08-01T15:38:42+0100, Sam James wrote: > > Alejandro Colomar <[email protected]> writes: > > > FWIW, regarding the possible conflict of interest that was mentioned > > > yesterday, I'll say that I don't get paid for my contributions to > > > ISO C as a member of WG14. There's no benefit to me other than > > > public recognition. I'll also disclose the exact quantity that I've > > > been paid for maintaining the Linux man-pages project: > > > > You can have a conflict of interest in responsibliity without money > > being involved. In fact, I have never believed you were influenced by > > money, > > Sam makes a good point, and Alex, I think you overlooked one. > > Disclosure of the quantity of your compensation as Linux man-pages > maintainer is of less importance than _who_ sponsored your work.
That's public, and has been since the begining. It's published in the
git repository:
$ cat SPONSORS
Google <https://opensource.google/>
Hudson River Trading <https://www.hudsonrivertrading.com/>
Meta <https://www.meta.com/>
Here's the history of that file:
$ git log --pretty=reference -p -- SPONSORS
6d9ae347cfac (SPONSORS: Two sponsors didn't renew this year, 2025-10-29)
diff --git a/SPONSORS b/SPONSORS
index 440fcca8b9ed..4b2f2e9011b8 100644
--- a/SPONSORS
+++ b/SPONSORS
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-Adfinis <https://adfinis.com/>
Google <https://opensource.google/>
Hudson River Trading <https://www.hudsonrivertrading.com/>
Meta <https://www.meta.com/>
-Red Hat <https://www.redhat.com/>
7ea35690e060 (SPONSORS: Publish the sponsors of this project,
2025-01-15)
diff --git a/SPONSORS b/SPONSORS
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..440fcca8b9ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SPONSORS
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Adfinis <https://adfinis.com/>
+Google <https://opensource.google/>
+Hudson River Trading <https://www.hudsonrivertrading.com/>
+Meta <https://www.meta.com/>
+Red Hat <https://www.redhat.com/>
Cheers,
Alex
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