> The goal of this "faculty" would be sustainable OSS maintenance (which involves both leadership and contribution), rather than publishing research and teachin

> The goal of this "faculty" would be sustainable OSS maintenance (which involves both leadership and contribution), rather than publishing research and teaching classes. OSS isn't commercial, per se. Universities "ship" plenty of "products": https://www.rcac.purdue.edu/services/hubzero https://www.rcac.purdue.edu/services/hubzero https://www.scala-lang.org/scala-core/ https://www.scala-lang.org/scala-core/