How Many Open Source Foundations Do We Need?
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Open source foundations aren't a panacea - even the ones you respect hugely.
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Imagine you’re starting something new with a group of acquaintances. You join with them to do some new, brilliant and concrete thing.
You all trust each other, know how to work together and have the resources to make that thing happen.
To support, sustain and protect this vector of values, you decide to create a legal entity.
If the concrete thing is about making money together, you create a company;
If the concrete thing is about just your group making money separately, you create a trade association;
If the concrete thing is about enabling anyone to benefit, you create a charity.
That last one is what open source community members tend to label a “foundation”. And obviously I’m simplifying here, a lot.
So how many of those do we need, seriously? Full Story |
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