$20K for 10 weeks is decent change for folks in the Global South.
I got a much smaller-sized grant for a FOSS project from Mozilla in July 2020 (a bit more than $4K), and that helped pay the bills for over a year.
I got a much smaller-sized grant for a FOSS project from Mozilla in July 2020 (a bit more than $4K), and that helped pay the bills for over a year.
That's 2759 hours, (a 9-5 for over a year). The opportunity cost is obviously massive, but it's a sacrifice a lot of people will happily take.