Hi Branden, > Date: 2026-08-01 15:52:26-0500 > From: "G. Branden Robinson" <[email protected]> > > 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 every release, I do it. For example, see the last one: <https://lore.kernel.org/linux-man/aekjQuAEaq1ILKAa@devuan/> > From: Alejandro Colomar <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected], [email protected] > Subject: man-pages-6.18 released > Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2026 22:04:52 +0200 [thread overview] > Message-ID: <aekjQuAEaq1ILKAa@devuan> (raw) > > Gidday! > > I'm proud to announce: > > man-pages-6.18 - manual pages for GNU+Linux > ... > > Thanks to all the contributors to this release (in BCC)! > And thanks to our sponsors! > > $ sort --random-sort <SPONSORS; > Meta <https://www.meta.com/> > Hudson River Trading <https://www.hudsonrivertrading.com/> > Google <https://opensource.google/> Properly random-sorted, to avoid any preferences. In the actual file, they're sorted alphabetically. I haven't even asked how much money each of them pays to me, because I don't want to know. I only get the total amount through the Linux Foundation. (But FWIW, I guess the three pay the same.) > In your position I would simply have the URL to this file handy for any > occasion where someone takes a run at my transparency. Yup. > In fact I think your approach to disclosure is near-optimal. I've been thinking that I should disclose the total amount in the commit messages that update the file. > 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. I do in the releases, but since they only happen a few times a year, I guess it's okay. > (There I go, alienating yet another fan community...) > > Regards, > Branden Cheers, Alex -- <https://www.alejandro-colomar.es>
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