Virtus raised 1000 Euros in a month. https://www.bountysource.com/fundraisers/329-virtus-1-0-0
While the lib is an interesting one, it is a fringe library in a fringe space (Ruby). Still, it made half of what openssl made in a year in a month.
RVM, one of the Ruby version switchers/installers, raised 50k to fund the main developer a year of work on it:
https://www.bountysource.com/fundraisers/489-rvm-2-0
Thats already 1/16th of your number.
Now, OpenSSL is _far more important_ than both of these but still doesn't manage to get funds? Sounds more like they just hope people to come because they want to.
Virtus raised 1000 Euros in a month. https://www.bountysource.com/fundraisers/329-virtus-1-0-0
While the lib is an interesting one, it is a fringe library in a fringe space (Ruby). Still, it made half of what openssl made in a year in a month.
RVM, one of the Ruby version switchers/installers, raised 50k to fund the main developer a year of work on it:
https://www.bountysource.com/fundraisers/489-rvm-2-0
Thats already 1/16th of your number.
Now, OpenSSL is _far more important_ than both of these but still doesn't manage to get funds? Sounds more like they just hope people to come because they want to.