$1.5 Million is no small amount of money to turn down, especially in the form of a US government grant. However, the Python Software Foundation (or PSF) has made the difficult decision to do just that. Why? The stewards of the Python programming language allege that the government funding came with ethically concerning strings attached.
The PSF explains in a blog post, "[The funding] terms included affirming the statement that we 'do not, and will not during the term of this financial assistance award, operate any programs that advance or promote DEI, or discriminatory equity ideology in violation of Federal anti-discrimination laws'" (via Bleeping Computer).
