Advice for an Open Source Development Grant?

Posted by Cliff on Tuesday September 9, 2003 @12:53PM from the seeking-a-helping-hand dept.

IgD asks: "My colleagues and I are developing an open source medical records system. A senior supervisor approached us and let us know a third party is offering a decent amount of money in the form of a grant for any legitimate medical research project. We were all but promised the money if we could come up with a proposal. Has anyone in the Slashdot community received a grant for open source software development? Are there any good examples of such a grant available? How could one measure the results of open source development for publication?"

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Re:what's the goal? by AresTheImpaler · 2003-09-09 13:32 · Score: 5, Insightful

Is your goal ge get the job done, or to open source your code, or to get money? Imho they are very different goals.
Come on, they are not very different goals. You can get the job done while having an open source product (and no money). I mean, have you seen the linux kernel? I does get the job done. You could also have the job done and get money while being closed source. You could also have open source and get money, just look at redhat, mysql, etc, etc.. So no, they are nod different goals.