I'm responding to this assertion:

> Ollama is written in golang so of course they can not meaningfully contribute that back to llama.cpp.

llama.cpp consumes GGML.

ollama consumes GGML.

If they contribute upstream changes, they are contributing to llama.cpp.

The assertions that they:

a) only write golang

b) cannot upstream changes

Are both, categorically, false.

You can argue what 'meaningfully' means if you like. You can also believe whatever you like.

However, both (a) and (b), are false. It is not a matter of dispute.

> Whatever gotcha you think there is, exists only in your head.

There is no 'gotcha'. You're projecting. My only point is that any claim that they are somehow not able to contribute upstream changes only indicates a lack of desire or competence, not a lack of the technical capacity to do so.