Open Source Funding

It's entirely possible to contribute to projects that don't have massive backers. :)

They should start a kickstarter project to pay someone to work on it..

why does it need to be funded if you already have a prototype? Why not just put it on github, I would be sure people would contribute.

This might be a good opportunity for a kickstarter campaign for an open source project. Rewards? No more (or at least, less) frustration for all.

Due to the level of publicity around this, a crowd-funded approach could be pretty successful. Backers could also help vote on project ideas etc.What is the goal, to have everyone hack on a single project? or just provide a space for people to work on their own stuff?All in all a very cool idea, hope you can make it happen!

I'm guessing they're trying to get people to contribute to the project.

Maybe instead of begging you could try to find someone that needs it willing to fund development?

Seems like we need a public project to attract a groups of developers to help make this a reality.

Interesting. Could the technical part of its user base crowdfund to acquire it?

Thanks! We're experimenting with a new funding model for open source: publish a spec for a project that's useful to (and can save lots of money for) companies and see who will chip in. We don't think there are enough personal donors for a project like this to raise significant cash (and the sponsorship levels are affordable for most companies) so we want to try sponsorship first. Once that market is saturated, we'll experiment with individual donation options, maybe after the