Project Funding

Noun · Open Source

Definitions

  1. The money or financial support that sustains a project's maintenance, development, infrastructure, or contributors. In open-source culture, project funding is a constant concern because useful widely used work is often underfunded relative to its impact.

    In plain English: The financial support that helps sustain a project.

    Example: "The maintainers were candid that project funding, not technical ambition, was the main reason several long-requested reliability improvements had not happened yet."

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