It's an extraordinary example of Hodgkin's Law of parallel planetary development that the Ferengi symbol for "bars of gold pressed latinum" is also the ancient Earth dollar sign.
The Linux Foundation is a 509(a)(3) support organization.
In other words, they provide legal and financial infrastructure to smaller open source projects that aren't big enough to justify their own foundation.
It's an extraordinary example of Hodgkin's Law of parallel planetary development that the Ferengi symbol for "bars of gold pressed latinum" is also the ancient Earth dollar sign.