[OldManRyan]

You not reading the thread is problematic. Meta is pledging 3 years of engineer time not money.

[Macha]

And it's 3 years of engineer time to work on this project, so I don't get the bribery insinuation. Engineer time to work on a specific project is only valuable if you consider the specific project valuable.

You could maybe make the argument that they're trying to swing priorities if this is considered valuable but less valuable than other things, but given the PSF doesn't actually employ anyone who it can direct to work on specific projects anyway, how is this any different from the already existing prioritisation process of "things that somebody is interested enough to go through the PEP process and then work on"?

[ZiiS]

TBH having CPython internal experiance is quite a qualification. They would probably contribute at least some of thier time in the no PEP 703 case so the delta is even leass.

[stavros]

It doesn't really matter to the argument though, no?

[nullindividual]

Time is money. Meta is pledging the salaries of three individuals.

[YetAnotherNick]

But it is just for the nogil project. If suppose python foundation doesn't believe merit in GIL, they aren't getting any benefit out of the situation.