I hope this type of funding continues to grow. A significant number of people getting paid to contribute to public software sounds like some utopia to me.
More people could strive to create projects that actually make the world a better place, instead of another SaaS product to pay the bills. Some (many, all?) open source projects provide exponentially more to the world than was ever invested both monetarily and in donated time. There is not often an obvious gain for investors, though, so the practice of selfless funding remains a privilege to few.
More people could strive to create projects that actually make the world a better place, instead of another SaaS product to pay the bills. Some (many, all?) open source projects provide exponentially more to the world than was ever invested both monetarily and in donated time. There is not often an obvious gain for investors, though, so the practice of selfless funding remains a privilege to few.