Forms of open source government

nesbitt.io/2026/06/09/forms-of-open-sou..., by [[Andrew Nesbitt]], June 9, 2026

Andrew Nesbitt makes a list of different forms of open source government (by which I think he means governance). Read the full post for definitions, I wanted to at least capture the labels here.

  • Benevolent dictator for life. 
  • Malevolent dictator for life.
  • Steering council.
  • Permanent core team. 
  • The Apache Way. 
  • Vendor-neutral foundation. 
  • Technical steering committee with subgroups. 
  • Do-ocracy with lazy consensus. 
  • Discord-driven development. 
  • Conference-driven roadmap. 
  • Rough consensus and running code. 
  • Single-vendor open source. 
  • Hot fork summer. 
  • Token-governed.
  • Coding agent for life. 

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