This is also how I see this - and would be very curious to know other viewpoints - is this a distinction only a few share?
Yes, per that page, not all foundations are privately endowed, at least in the US. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Wikimedia Foundation Mozilla Foundation Electronic Frontier Foundation Linux Foundation Free Software Foundation
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Or are miss named. Like we were
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how prescriptivist!
I'd posit some alleged misnomers were trying to be distinct from a pre-existing project or concept it was formed to manage or promote...
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But they are or were funders
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from personal experience, I would be concerned about control/management of the term "mydata" – whether you want the org to lead on managing what the term means, or is it a phrase others should freely use without the org trying to have any say
As for wiki