wxWindows Software Foundation Funding Ideas |
Although it's tempting to think that wxWidgets has grown up entirely without funding, a lot of real money has gone into wxWidgets from the start. This includes companies giving employees time to work on wxWidgets, and specific contracts aimed at improving particular parts of wxWidgets.
We have to keep up this momentum, which at the time of writing (early 2004) has slowed down a bit as core developers find it hard to provide unpaid time. We don't have enough volunteers to do essential work, which includes fixing bugs and making sure the ports are up-to-date (for example, proper GTK+2 support). We need to attract funding so that we can make real progress and not let down the many many people who rely on wxWidgets and wxPython.
Here are some ideas for raising money; please let me know if you have another others, or whether you have industry contacts that may be useful.