There are many FLOSS projects with contributions from many different players from the 'industry'. From the top of my head a few complex ones: linux, gcc, llvm and apache.
What governance models do they use? Any run as a consortium? Any orgs suitable for otherwise unrelated govts and agencies (local, county, state, fed)?
I'm most familiar with Apache. While some individual projects do well, most do not. Any ideas what accounts for the different outcomes? Has anyone since adopted Apache's structure and governance?
(I should probably read up about the orgs behind gcc and llvm. Clearly, llvm is doing something right.)
