I'd counter that money can give some runway for the project to better exist than it otherwise would be able to as a side project. If someone said, "If I can rai

I'd counter that money can give some runway for the project to better exist than it otherwise would be able to as a side project. If someone said, "If I can raise $20,000 on Kickstarter I'll quit my job and work on this full time, aiming to deliver in 6 months" that's a different value proposition that simply running a GitHub account and coding in spare time does not afford.