if Universal, Sony, etc. want to get in the !freeculture game, I’d certainly welcome them. Major software companies are already doing free software. Of course, I guess most are all clustered around the Linux Foundation.

Here’s a starting point for reading about “Business Leagues” though most everything modern calls them business associations as far as I’m aware: http://www.irs.gov/Charities-&-Non-Profits/Other-Non-Profits/Business-Leagues

There are some things we could do such as being a B-corp, but I think that’s more useful for an individual group/person than for NEF.