Let’s talk about open-source sustainability
My personal feeling is that funding has got to be the biggest issue with open source sustainability.I'm the lead developer of an open source project[1] used in radiation therapy clinics around the world and I know I would be ecstatic to be able to get enough funding to work on the software full time.  I'm trying to bootstrap a consulting business[2] around the software now, but it's tough getting people to open their wallets (and it's much less fun than writing code)!I think having funding in place for OS projects might have trickle down effects as well.  I know I would spend more time contributing patches back to other OS projects I use if I didn't have to worry about trying to build a business so I can put food on my kids table. I imagine there are many other project maintainers who feel the same.[1] http://qatrackplus.com
[2] https://www.multileaf.ca