[sebastianmck]

I've been keeping the core contributor team updated on the funding process since December. We've also been publicly speaking about it in the Rome Discord server too. I posted about securing funding in early April in #general.

Emanuele and Yasser both approached us during this period to offer their interest in joining and have stayed actively involved in development.

It's a good question around how to compensate the shoulders of the giants you're standing on, and I don't think anyone has a good answer for that. I think it's important to note that the credits page is meant to be as exhaustive as possible. I am not aware of many other projects that have something similar, and theirs are likely to be even longer.

In the end the community is getting value because we'll now be able to do more to improve the project than we otherwise would have. Babel most notably has struggled for funding and is even currently undergoing a serious funding shortage. It has been used as one of the poster children for the JS community and it's clear that donation-based funding isn't effective, at least on the order of magnitude required to support a team.

[abc11283]

I appreciate the thoughtful reply. I should’ve added that I’ve seen your commitment to transparency through the whole process, so the info about Discord doesn’t really come as a surprise. Thanks and good luck!