Leaders call for commercial funding of open-source platforms

This report examines growing strain on OSS infrastructure as commercial-scale automation and AI-driven development dramatically increase registry usage, outpacing flat funding and threatening resilience and security. Leaders from OpenSSF, Eclipse Foundation, Python Software Foundation, and others call for sustainable models—commercial partnerships, tiered access, and premium services—so costs scale with usage while preserving free access for individuals and projects. The piece highlights that expectations for high availability, integrity, and auditability collide with limited resources, and notes impending measures like rate limiting and programs to fund testing and security. It frames shared stewardship by major beneficiaries as essential to reduce systemic supply chain risk without placing open source “behind a paywall.”