This model works well till some big companies get involved and the bean counters of said companies say "wait, we're spending how many millions of dollars on a donation of security guards and servers to a non-profit? Can't we just donate a bit less and other people will have to cover it?"
> This model works well till some big companies get involved and the bean counters of said companies say
Combined with relatively low one-time port fees, the SIX's funding model has worked for 25 years - including dozens of large companies and bean counters: https://www.seattleix.net/contributors