> whenever you engage in your trade or profession is not the same

Feels like this is overstating the facts. Afaik, twice did the author on N++ did include a small political message in a release.

Is it really "whenever"? Blowing this out of proportions because some are so allergic to any political message that twice in 10 years is being pushy..

In the end, everything involving more than 2 humans is politics. You may want to ignore some topics, but those may be important to others. Until the day you yourself want to bring some attention but you're met with an "apolitical" response saying it's not the time or place for it.