[$] Rug pulls, forks, and open-source feudalism
Like almost all human endeavors, open-source software development involvesa range of power dynamics. Companies, developers, and users are allconcerned with the power to influence the direction of the software - and,often, to profit from it. At the 2025 OpenSource Summit Europe, Dawn Foster talked about how those dynamics canplay out, with an eye toward a couple of tactics - rug pulls and forks - thatare available to try to shift power in one direction or another.