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I don't think crowdfunding will work with enterprise budgeting processes. That's where the sustaining money comes from for most OSS development.
by jacques_chester 7y ago
I don't think crowdfunding will work with enterprise budgeting processes. That's where the sustaining money comes from for most OSS development.
- zozbot234 7y agoA 'crowd' of enterprises is called a consortium, joint venture, foundation etc. While the funding arrangement for those is less formal than in actual crowdfunding, plenty of those do get funded out of enterprise budgets.
- jacques_chester 7y agoI took your meaning to be buyers of enterprise software, rather than producers.