Crowdfunding does not help grow Drupal's community

Drupal 8 was, and still is, a monolithic accomplishment - one that continues to be an ambitious undertaking to maintain and improve. The Drupal community might still be waiting for Drupal 8 to be released if organizations did not crowdfund and accelerate D8. It is our togetherness, our pooling of our resources, that allows us to accomplish great things, like Drupal. At the same time, the Drupal community is made up of a network of relationships and collaborations. Drupal and Open-source’s success depends on its collaborative community, which is driven by relationships. Crowdfunding solves a big problem, pooling resources to fund open source, but it does not build relationships. Drupal's strength lies in its community, bonded together by healthy and productive relationships.