I wish there were a proper way to thank open source authors and contributors. I'm thinking of a single place where users could write their thanks and the open source folks could read it.
There's the saying "Be the change you want to see in the world" implying that I should do it. Perhaps I should. I might have to wait for my kids to grow up a bit first.
If you want to get a lot of public money in France, the best approach is to set your entire neighborhood ablaze, which guarantees the money will come pouring in the following months.
Governments employee tens of thousands of people on $60K to $300K per year and for critical open source projects? A $10K prize. Ugh.