"If the PSF accepted it, however, they would need to agree to the some terms and conditions, including, affirming that the PSF doesn't support diversity. The restriction wouldn't just be around the security work, but around all activity of the PSF as a whole. And further, that any deemed violation would give the NSF the right to ask for the money back."
"The PSF mission statement includes "The mission of the Python Software Foundation is to promote, protect, and advance the Python programming language, and to support and facilitate the growth of a diverse and international community of Python programmers." The money would have obviously been very valuable, but the restrictions are just too unacceptable. The PSF withdrew the proposal. This couldn't have been an easy decision, that was a lot of money, but I think the PSF did the right thing."
In January 2025 the PSF submitted a proposal to the US NSF Safety, Security, and Privacy of Open Source Ecosystems program and the proposal was recommended for funding after months of work. Accepting the award would have required agreeing to terms that included affirming the PSF doesn't support diversity, with that restriction applying to all PSF activities and NSF retention rights to reclaim funds for any deemed violation. The PSF mission includes promoting and supporting a diverse and international community of Python programmers, so the funding conditions were unacceptable and the PSF withdrew the proposal. Separately, a compact binary serializer for Pydantic models claims to be about seven times smaller than JSON.
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