On: KiCad: A commitment to freedom

[shoo]

it sounds like they'd be happy donating some amount comparable to the cost of current tools if the donations would result in the project being made usable for them.

it's not about it making a difference or not to the project, it's about it resulting in a sufficiently improved tool that they can use and get some ROI on

[kanzure → shoo]

Solution is dominant assurance contracts, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assurance_contract#Dominant_as...

[ZenoArrow → kanzure]

How would that work in practice in this case? Note that the contract would most likely be with an individual developer, not the project itself.