Maybe your best bet is that it is picked up by a large company who then either pay you to work on it, or employ you directly. One that comes to mind is JRuby.

Maybe your best bet is that it is picked up by a large company who then either pay you to work on it, or employ you directly. One that comes to mind is JRuby. Also, check out these answers here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/981229/how-does-an-open-source-project-get-funded http://stackoverflow.com/questions/981229/how-does-an-open-s...