Wait, is this anaconda python, my favorite python installation? Oh no, it's now an AI company? Is my favorite python installation going to get enshittified?
https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/08/anaconda_puts_the_squ...
https://licenseware.io/retrospective-on-anacondas-2024-licen...
https://www.cdotrends.com/story/4173/anaconda-threatens-lega...
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/intel-sued-copyrigh...
In the meantime, I am volunteering for a non-profit that helps FOSS projects secure sustainable funding, and goodness, that is soooo hard! Enterprises (where money is) are afraid of FOSS, and many prefer to engage commercially with commercial open source companies, backed by VCs
In my experience uv (haven't tried astral) doesn't quite fill the same niche, especially if compiled packages from other languages are necessary for your workflow (libboost for example)