http://opensourcethis.com/how-easy-is-it-to-get-open-source-software-projects-funded.html Open Source Projects, Views and News Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:55:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://opensourcethis.com/how-easy-is-it-to-get-open-source-software-projects-funded.html#comment-286 Colinc Sat, 23 Jan 2010 09:54:34 +0000 http://opensourcethis.com/how-easy-is-it-to-get-open-source-software-projects-funded.html#comment-286 The whole point of open source is that it is developed cheaply to make it publicly available. Nobody will fund anything for it. If you develop a useful program and others think it has potential you may find they will assist free in the development. If it becomes a big enough project a company may provide limited funding to make it suit their use. You have to release the source code of everything you distribute or it ceases to be open source. The whole point of open source is that it is developed cheaply to make it publicly available. Nobody will fund anything for it. If you develop a useful program and others think it has potential you may find they will assist free in the development. If it becomes a big enough project a company may provide limited funding to make it suit their use. You have to release the source code of everything you distribute or it ceases to be open source.

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