people committed contribution are deposits to the DAO asset vault (so the developers will feel secured they indeed have the funding)
DAO asset vault is controlled by the DAO with certain smart contract rules (so funder will not worry about developer don't do anything but keep the cash, like ICO problem)
any funder can quit at anytime with certain rules (just like LP token liquidity, this part need to be careful not become a security according to SEC), so they can leave if they don't trust the team anymore.
team member will be treated differently:
founders need to be more committed, but have some certainty of using the fund (e.g. guaranteed fund release schedule, not affected by any funder's quite or market change)
FTE team: paid monthly but can be fired anytime
casual contributor: less committed, pay by items or hours
DAO as a kickstart alike projects.
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