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> With the above response, might I ask the developers a question: has this project received any donations from Google?

That sounds very accusatory to me. It’s just worded as a question.



Don't sound accusatory to me and only requires a one word response: No

Just mentioning Google or money does not an accusation make.


Uh... RedHat is owned by IBM.


Given:

1) how broadly Google spreads its money to open source projects to get its products set as defaults

2) that Redhat is a private company who does not disclose their funding sources

I think it's a perfectly reasonable question, given the situation (Google product set as a default in an open source project).


> that Redhat is a private company who does not disclose their funding sources

Red Hat's IPO was in 1999, and they were bought by IBM in 2019.




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