I think we need a valuation of the software. If you can show its real value to a business it's much easier to get a business to add a line item to pay for it. D

I think we need a valuation of the software. If you can show its real value to a business it's much easier to get a business to add a line item to pay for it. Defining the risk to a business of the software being abandoned is another good way to make a case for funding. After that I think it's worth having a new corporate funding method. I think there should be a "co-op patreon", where the software funding requirement is presented, and companies join the patreon group and equally share the cost of supporting it, adjusted by revenue amount. In this way both a mom-and-pop and a FAANG can contribute fairly to the project. The more organizations that join, the less they have to pay, as once the funding cap is reached, no more money is needed, and the cost is spread across more and more orgs. If every company that used curl joined such a group, they'd all be paying pennies. So, next steps would be: 1. Standard process to evaluate software value 2. Standard provess to evaluate software risk 3. Stock letter to use in companies to propose funding 4. "Patreon" clone that enables corporate co-funding adjusted by revenue