This is interesting. I have noticed something, about certain communities, and where (often but not exclusively) these success stories come from. It seems to be

This is interesting. I have noticed something, about certain communities, and where (often but not exclusively) these success stories come from. It seems to be that the general following: - The frontend ecosystem is one of the worst ecosystems for OSS funding, despite its enormous size - Python, C#, C/C++ communities seem very much okay paying for licenses to packages and seem to have a better uptick in funding OSS. I've seen alot of Python success stories in particular - If you aren't in a mainstream language either your community funds you very closely or its not funded at all, there seems to be little middle ground. Wish I could think of two direct comparative examples but I think looking at ocaml vs haskell is telling (idk if their userbase is similar in size or not, I am almost certain ocaml is bigger but not sure by how much) Regardless, its still only the top 1-2% of projects, regardless of ecosystem, that get most of the funding. The sad reality is often its OSS maintainers paying other OSS maintainers most of the time.