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 ### Supporting
 
 <a href="https://rubytogether.org/"><img src="https://rubytogether.org/images/rubies.svg" width=200></a><br/>
-Ongoing maintenance work on Bundler is funded by <a href="https://rubytogether.org/">Ruby Together</a>, a grassroots initiative committed to supporting the critical Ruby infrastructure you rely on. Contribute today <a href="https://rubytogether.org/developers">as an individual</a> or even better, <a href="https://rubytogether.org/companies">as a company</a>, and ensure that Bundler, RubyGems, and other shared tooling is around for years to come.
+<a href="https://rubytogether.org/">Ruby Together</a> pays some Bundler maintainers for their ongoing work. As a grassroots initiative committed to supporting the critical Ruby infrastructure you rely on, Ruby Together is funded entirely by the Ruby community. Contribute today <a href="https://rubytogether.org/developers">as an individual</a> or even better, <a href="https://rubytogether.org/companies">as a company</a>, and ensure that Bundler, RubyGems, and other shared tooling is around for years to come.
 
 ### Contributing
 
 If you'd like to contribute to Bundler, that's awesome, and we <3 you. There's a guide to contributing to Bundler (both code and general help) over in [our documentation section](doc/README.md).
 
-We are glad to receive contributions from anyone, whether or not they help fund our work through Ruby Together. We will never reject contributions because they come from non-members.
+While some Bundler contributors are compensated by Ruby Together, the project maintainers make decisions independent of Ruby Together. As a project, we welcome contributions regardless of the author’s affiliation with Ruby Together.
 
 ### Code of Conduct