As someone who started an open source project on KickStarter 2 years ago I can attest it doesn't kill open source at all. As others have pointed out, FOSS is fr

As someone who started an open source project on KickStarter 2 years ago I can attest it doesn't kill open source at all. As others have pointed out, FOSS is free as in freedom. I see the OP's point. However, it already exists. Imagine you spend 15 hours a week on an open source project and someone comes along landing a paid position to work on the same project. As unfortunate as that may be it's the reality that has always existed. Kickstarter allowed me to start something that I've spent 2 years full time on, raised $400k in total grants for, and fostered a community of devs in the hundreds. And all that work is open source on Github for anyone to do anything with. Money is a very real and necessary part of open source. Kickstarter is making something that's very difficult a little bit easier. Everyone wins, including open source.