This seems like a reasonable and insightful take. Is there a way a non-profit could still survive in silicon valley? For ex, IETF isn’t a profit focused organization.
This seems like a reasonable and insightful take. Is there a way a non-profit could still survive in silicon valley? For ex, IETF isn’t a profit focused organization.
Nachorella@lemmy.sdf.org 11 months ago
I’m not sure if this qualifies exactly but the FOSS 3D package Blender has been surviving for quite some time. They’re in Amsterdam, not silicon valley, but they seem to do really well off primarily donations and funding from some big companies.
IAm_A_Complete_Idiot@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
I think the key there is funding from big companies. There’s tons of standards and the like in which big companies take part - both in terms of code and financial support. Big projects like the rust compiler, the Linux kernel, blender, etc. all seem to have a lot of code and money coming in from big companies. Sadly there’s only so much you can get from individuals - pretty much the only success story I know of is the wikimedia foundation.
Nachorella@lemmy.sdf.org 11 months ago
I may be wrong but I thought they were majority user funded.
IAm_A_Complete_Idiot@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Wikimedia foundation is, none of the other things I listed are.