No, the amount is a donation. Are you saying that people who donate to apache foundation dont have influence? you are living under a rock if your think that in open source money plays no part.
Sure you can fork an open source project and request a pull, but if the core team disagrees with it then its all the same as the above.
Kickstarter is simply a marketing technique to raise the funds from an eventual corporate sponsor I bet.
Sure you can fork an open source project and request a pull, but if the core team disagrees with it then its all the same as the above.
Kickstarter is simply a marketing technique to raise the funds from an eventual corporate sponsor I bet.