Blogged a very taboo topic - open source and money; this shit just got real! Very interested in your thoughts: http://blog.marcgravell.com/2018/04/having-serious-conversation-about-open.html …
It seems that one possible mechanism for funding open source might be via the linux foundation. They had revenue in excess of $60m in 2016 which could fund a lot of projects. Not sure how they currently distribute funds.