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That would be the ideal case, a sort of FOSS non-profit structure. Hard to create the economic alignment however.



One thing that might be able to help is to improve the incentives around security. If some more liability for misuse of systems fell on those who deployed those systems, then people would push harder for quality or pay for indemnification, and either way that puts more dollars toward stability.

That said, I'd note that I'm a more than a little concerned that it would be done horribly wrong if attempted.




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