[dooglius]

What's the rationale for double-paying?

[rwmj]

Silver membership is $5000/year so it's like one developer's salary in a month in total (to set that in context, this is a company with a third of a million employees). This was set in motion long before the acquisition was even announced let alone completed.

[est31]

Maybe this?

> All Sponsor organizations have one vote per open position in Board elections.

https://riscv.org/membership-application/

I would personally favour rwmj's explanation though.