As Amanda McPherson, chief marketing officer at the Linux Foundation explained to me, the group decided to initiate the project since it was “really in our wheelhouse of connecting industry with developers.”
The basic plans for the CII involve collecting funds that will be administered by the Linux Foundation to support certain key projects. The money will not just pay for full-time developers or third-party code audits, but also cover any needed infrastructure to conduct such work and the expenses of in-person collaborations.