LXer: What is open source project governance?
by LXer from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5466M)
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In many discussions of open source projects and community governance, people tend to focus on activities or resources like "speaking for the project" or "ownership of the web domain." While documenting these things is useful, they aren[he]#039[/he]t truly governance matters. Alternately, others focus exclusively on technical matters like election rules, codes of conduct, and release procedures. While these might be the tools of governance, they[he]#039[/he]re not governance itself. So what exactly is open source project governance?
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In many discussions of open source projects and community governance, people tend to focus on activities or resources like "speaking for the project" or "ownership of the web domain." While documenting these things is useful, they aren[he]#039[/he]t truly governance matters. Alternately, others focus exclusively on technical matters like election rules, codes of conduct, and release procedures. While these might be the tools of governance, they[he]#039[/he]re not governance itself. So what exactly is open source project governance?
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