Hi Dave, If you're referring to NumFOCUS, I am not worried about losing their support. They were literally founded with the mission of supporting open-source in science.
Additionally, Software Carpentry has an operating model of financial self-sufficiency and is not reliant on any single organization for financial support. Best, Matt On Wed Feb 11 2015 at 9:37:15 AM Loyall, David <[email protected]> wrote: > > I think our only position on the topic is a very high-level > > "open is better than closed". > > Sounds good to me! > > With a heavy heart, I predict that if SC grows large enough*, at least one > of your current funding sources will disappear without warning, potentially > leaving your organization in a perilous position. > > Diversify! Don't forget! And of course, have fun. :) > > Cheers, > --Dave > > * That is to say, if your size-by-copyleftism factor is high enough. > Which is not to say that you should try to keep either value low! > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.software-carpentry.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists. > software-carpentry.org >
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