Interesting read: http://www.ssh.com/blog/makesyoubleed
Here is an excerpt: The OpenBSD project leader, Theo De Raadt, is concerned about the lack of funding from the industry. In his own words: "I think that contributions should have come first from the vendors, secondly from the corporate users, and thirdly from individual users. But the response has been almost entirely the opposite, with almost a 15 to 1 dollar ratio in favor of the little people.” OpenBSD is so underfunded that it almost shutdown because it had difficulty covering just the electrical expenses for the project. Of course, OpenSSL is exceptional in being so critical to Internet, not all FLOSS projects are. But my bet is that the pattern of having individual users donating more than corporate users and vendors is a general one, for many FLOSS projects out there. -- Bastien _______________________________________________ Discussion mailing list [email protected] http://lists.librefunding.org/listinfo/discussion
