ExpressionEngine is sustaining a small team of developers. I assume Craft is profitable since Pixel and Tonic charges for certain add-ons and they also have a very small team. I assume Statamic is also profitable since the developers charge for it and I don't see how such a small operation could be running at a loss. There are probably a lot more examples that I don't know of.
Craft (Craft exited beta in 2013) and Statamic are relatively new and also have passionate communities. Sure, none of these examples are "blogging engines" by strict definition, but neither is Wordpress these days.
There is certainly a market for someone who sees a need for improvement and can sell that need to developers and end-users.
If you are referring strictly to an open source effort, this decision is personal. Everyone has their own motivations for what they do with their time. Not worth it for one person might be life changing for another.
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[ 3.0 ms ] story [ 17.3 ms ] threadCraft (Craft exited beta in 2013) and Statamic are relatively new and also have passionate communities. Sure, none of these examples are "blogging engines" by strict definition, but neither is Wordpress these days.
There is certainly a market for someone who sees a need for improvement and can sell that need to developers and end-users.
If you are referring strictly to an open source effort, this decision is personal. Everyone has their own motivations for what they do with their time. Not worth it for one person might be life changing for another.