Registries as Shared Critical Infrastructure

Open‑source package registries are no longer low‑cost community services but essential infrastructure serving trillions of automated downloads, continuous integration systems, and AI pipelines—they require coordinated funding, governance, and security standards across ecosystems. The Linux Foundation's new working group is a direct institutional response to that shift, bringing registry operators together to design sustainable operational and legal frameworks. — How we govern and pay for registries affects software supply‑chain security, corporate risk, and the economics of open source—so the debate matters to policymakers, enterprises, and developers.