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Does free software have academic title IX courts? Even while there may be legit complaints against someone, I'm very suspicious of FOSS governance being abused

Does free software have academic title IX courts? Even while there may be legit complaints against someone, I'm very suspicious of FOSS governance being abused as a network of star chambers of people with a tremendous amount of influence on the security and privacy of user machines. A metadata tag and registry of whether FOSS dependencies are governed by a non-profit and the organizations we have exposure to seems like an emerging need.

djfhag 2y ago
Indeed, also one needs to investigate if the 503c organizations that claim to be in "the public interest" are really in "the private interest". Many software foundations serve their directors and the power of a select group of developers, do not fund actual development and largely serve as self-marketing and propaganda groups.
- oliwarner 2y ago
  Your sweeping statement would have more impact if you offered some examples of foundations you think only serve themselves.
  - CRConrad 2y ago
    Well, the Gnome Foundation sure seems to be sailing up as a candidate...
  - whaleofatw2022 2y ago
    Not the person who wrote it but DotNet Foundation comes to mind.