Klint Finley mentions CII in an article for Wired about the problems monetizing open source development efforts, called One Startup’s Heretical Plan to Turn Open Source Code Into Cash.
Non-profit organizations like the Linux Foundation have stepped in to help fund a growing number of projects in recent years. For example, the Linux Foundation started the Core Infrastructure Initiative to help fund OpenSSL and other crucial but obscure open source projects.
Read more at Wired.