While the principles and benefits of open source have been well established the funding has been left vague perhaps because a lot of early open source was developed by academics driven by ideology with little concern about funding.

This funding lacuna leaves open source completely open to corporate capture. Entrenched interests are adept at controlling outcomes by controlling the money.

What is missing is user organization, systems and a culture of individuals supporting open source as a matter of course which should have been thought of and built early. Without this financial support it will become corporate controlled.

There must be more transparency and social pressure on successful companies using open source and simply forgetting about it.