Share the costs
for new Features, Fixes, Updates
Do you have an idea for a new feature? Do you need a plugin moved to the next version? Do you wanr a nasty bug fixed?
In Open Source, you can not only sit back and hope, but also take action. However, many users do not know how to get the organized and / or funded.
If you are in that position, here is a brandnew way for you: Reverse Crowd Funding.
This means
- We share the risk, jointly fund the project (at least a version 1), and implement it (at Leuchtfeuer or elsewhere) before telling the world about it.
- THEN we publish that we have this and try to find others who are willing to contribute some funding. Those can "see and touch" right away. And if they are in, they immediately get the code - but privately.
- The original funders get some money back until the desired funding has been reached, and only their inteded spending remains.
And once the desired funding has been reached, the code is submitted to Open Source.