Forms of open source government
nesbitt.io/2026/06/09/forms-of-open-sou..., by [[Andrew Nesbitt]], June 9, 2026Andrew 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.Â
- Malevolent dictator for life.
- Steering council.
- Permanent core team.Â
- The Apache Way.Â
- Vendor-neutral foundation.Â
- Technical steering committee with subgroups.Â
- Do-ocracy with lazy consensus.Â
- Discord-driven development.Â
- Conference-driven roadmap.Â
- Rough consensus and running code.Â
- Single-vendor open source.Â
- Hot fork summer.Â
- Token-governed.
- Coding agent for life.Â
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