Python rejects $1.5M grant from U.S. govt. fearing ethical compromise

The Python Software Foundation withdrew a $1.5M grant proposal to the U.S. National Science Foundation after the NSF imposed terms preventing the foundation from operating programs that advance diversity, equity, and inclusion; the funds were intended to support automated malware-detection work for PyPI and related open-source ecosystems, but PSF rejected the funding because the DEI restriction conflicted with its mission.