I see a lot of very important projects on GitHub with very few backers/sponsors.<p>Lets take NSwag for example.<p>It is used by multibilliondollar corporations (banks, insurance providers, to name a few) and they are not listed as sponsors.<p>NSwag is mostly a one-man show, and it pains me to see just how much heart and soul this person has poured into NSwag, with very little being given back to him.<p>Which project is used by your employer that you consider critical? Is your corporation sponsoring the project?<p>What can we, as employees, do to get our stakeholders to become aware and understand the importance of backing critical packages/projects?<p>If you already succeeded in this, what did you do? How did you persuade your corporation to sponsor a project?<p>How can we get better at giving back?