From my understanding, the foundation not being funded = the end of the project (dev team walks away and forks) BUT, this doesn't apply to the BIG DEAL as well.
It would be nice to see the foundation funded before jumping towards another project, but, hopefully the foundation stuff is settled in the next few days.
That would surely be disappointing.
Got a horrible feeling that greed is going to cause IOTA to fall over.
A substantial sum donated for the foundation and now the big deal.
The "get out of jail free" card for the devs will be its the communities fault for not donating enough and they walk away with no repercussions.
It really would be.
It like me saying
"Right lads ive got a super duper big deal lined up, cant tell you anything about it but please send 83TIOA for it - if you dont your IOTA's value will plummet"