I've thought about that, but I find it difficult to believe a Kickstarter campaign would ever raise enough money to get Adobe to bite.
For one thing, all of the Kickstarter campaigns that I've seen specify up front the amount of money they need to reach a given tier of output. But I think we'd have little luck convincing Adobe to give guidance on what that number would have to be.
Perhaps it could be structured as something like this: "We're guessing that $75 million USD would get Adobe's attention. If this campaign reaches the $75 million mark, we'll propose to Adobe that they make a port of CS6 for the most recent Ubuntu LTS, and grant a one-year license to every member of this campaign who contributed at least $100 to this campaign. If they accept this offer, this campaign's funds will be collected and placed into escrow, releasable when Adobe completes its end of the bargain."
For one thing, all of the Kickstarter campaigns that I've seen specify up front the amount of money they need to reach a given tier of output. But I think we'd have little luck convincing Adobe to give guidance on what that number would have to be.
Perhaps it could be structured as something like this: "We're guessing that $75 million USD would get Adobe's attention. If this campaign reaches the $75 million mark, we'll propose to Adobe that they make a port of CS6 for the most recent Ubuntu LTS, and grant a one-year license to every member of this campaign who contributed at least $100 to this campaign. If they accept this offer, this campaign's funds will be collected and placed into escrow, releasable when Adobe completes its end of the bargain."