# Governance

**URL:** https://discourse.sustainoss.org/c/working-groups/governance/9.md

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## [About the Governance category](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/about-the-governance-category/27)

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**Author:** [@jlcanovas](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/jlcanovas)\
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**Last updated:** [November 14, 2018, 10:26pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/about-the-governance-category/27 "2018-11-14T22:26:49Z")

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Working Group: Discussions and topics around community governance and governance best practices. Topics include governance models, documenting open source community management strategies, and more. Bottom liner: @jlcano…

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## [Beyond "Loop Engineering" - Addressing hidden threats to the OSS spirit in the agentic era](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/beyond-loop-engineering-addressing-hidden-threats-to-the-oss-spirit-in-the-agentic-era/1884)

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**Author:** [@JoshuaPoddoku](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/JoshuaPoddoku)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 8, 2026, 12:56pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/beyond-loop-engineering-addressing-hidden-threats-to-the-oss-spirit-in-the-agentic-era/1884 "2026-09-08T12:56:26Z")

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Hi everyone, I’ve recently been observing a growing mindset among some commercial open-source (COSS) founders and investors - the belief that AI agents will soon ship near-unlimited code contributions at near-zero cost,…

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## [Survey / demo from University of luxemborg](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/survey-demo-from-university-of-luxemborg/1805)

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**Author:** [@greggish](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/greggish)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 10, 2026, 10:29am UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/survey-demo-from-university-of-luxemborg/1805 "2026-05-10T10:29:40Z")

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Anyone else received this? (I’m excluding the name but will fwd if yr interested)… I’m a PhD student at the University of Luxembourg. My research focuses on governance policies in open-source software development, espe…

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## [Principles of Open Source Institutional Design](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/principles-of-open-source-institutional-design/62)

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**Author:** [@greggish](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/greggish)\
**Replies:** 29\
**Last updated:** [December 4, 2025, 6:27pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/principles-of-open-source-institutional-design/62 "2025-12-04T18:27:08Z")

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Hi folks! So, during the SustainOSS 2018 workshop we had at least two sessions about Elinor Ostrom’s Principles of Institutional Design, from Governing the Commons, and how they might be applied to open source community …

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## [Open Boards Summit - 24 October, online](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/open-boards-summit-24-october-online/1562)

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**Author:** [@gunner](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/gunner)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 5, 2024, 8:37am UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/open-boards-summit-24-october-online/1562 "2024-09-05T08:37:23Z")

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Hello friends, I’m excited to finally announce the first-ever Open Boards Summit, which will take place online on Thursday October 24th, 2024 from 15:00 to 18:00 UTC. The event is envisioned as a collaborative and inte…

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## [Governance WG: Reboot](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/governance-wg-reboot/1220)

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**Author:** [@RichardLitt](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/RichardLitt)\
**Replies:** 100\
**Last updated:** [February 23, 2024, 1:27pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/governance-wg-reboot/1220 "2024-02-23T13:27:46Z")

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Hey ya’ll :wave: I’ve been thinking about this more and more, and, through talking to others, I want to get the Governance WG up and running again. There are a few things I would initially like to look into scoping out w…

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## [GOVERNANCE.md draft: feedback solicited](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/governance-md-draft-feedback-solicited/1392)

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**Author:** [@baentsch](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/baentsch)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [October 30, 2023, 1:25pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/governance-md-draft-feedback-solicited/1392 "2023-10-30T13:25:08Z")

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@gunner thankfully pointed me to this forum when asking his opinion of a governance draft we just put up for a (set of) presently still reasonably small FOSS project(s) that we’d like to see grow somewhat. The goal behin…

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## [GitHub template repository with best practices](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/github-template-repository-with-best-practices/1225)

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**Author:** [@jlcanovas](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/jlcanovas)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [October 10, 2023, 6:30pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/github-template-repository-with-best-practices/1225 "2023-10-10T18:30:52Z")

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Hi, I’ve been working on preparing a template repository for GitHub trying to follow some recommendations and best practices to build sustainable projects. GitHub Best Practices Template The repository currently provi…

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## [Governance Game by Foundation for Public Code](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/governance-game-by-foundation-for-public-code/1093)

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**Author:** [@greggish](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/greggish)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2022, 7:14am UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/governance-game-by-foundation-for-public-code/1093 "2022-09-28T07:14:10Z")

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Anyone familiar with this governance game? Based on this exercise. As a muggle when it comes to Github, I haven’t actually been able to find and read the instructions yet… and i’ve been poking around for a minute :-/

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## [Understanding Communities and Monetisations](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/understanding-communities-and-monetisations/987)

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**Author:** [@JoshuaPoddoku](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/JoshuaPoddoku)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 29, 2022, 8:33pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/understanding-communities-and-monetisations/987 "2022-01-29T20:33:34Z")

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Essentially the world of the internet and society can be categorized into two communities: i) Weak Communities ii) Strong Communities Weak Communities by fundamental nature get easily excited without a vision or a direc…

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## [Governance Guidance Working Group](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/governance-guidance-working-group/565)

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**Author:** [@jlcanovas](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/jlcanovas)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [December 23, 2021, 9:36am UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/governance-guidance-working-group/565 "2021-12-23T09:36:16Z")

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Hi everyone, we are happy to announce the creation of a new Working Group about governance :partying\_face: The new working group is called Governance guidance and joins efforts from the Governance Readiness and Princip…

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## [OSS Government Representation](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/oss-government-representation/785)

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**Author:** [@pkafei](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/pkafei)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2021, 8:42pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/oss-government-representation/785 "2021-09-01T20:42:59Z")

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The United States is currently working on an Infrastructure Act which will be funded to the tune of 760 billion dollars. https://twitter.com/jdorfman/status/1411750580272308226?s=20 Unfortunately, open-source technology…

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## [Governance Readiness Working Group](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/governance-readiness-working-group/298)

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**Author:** [@jlcanovas](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/jlcanovas)\
**Replies:** 70\
**Last updated:** [August 2, 2021, 6:13pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/governance-readiness-working-group/298 "2021-08-02T18:13:51Z")

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Hi everyone! I hope everyone is doing well in these crazy days. I create this thread to have a place where we can continue the conversation from Sustain 2020 about Governance Readiness. I will follow the structure of t…

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## [Describing OSS Governance Model Choices -- IEEE SA Open](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/describing-oss-governance-model-choices-ieee-sa-open/676)

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**Author:** [@GeorgLink](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/GeorgLink)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2021, 4:08pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/describing-oss-governance-model-choices-ieee-sa-open/676 "2021-03-19T16:08:51Z")

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Hi @greggish, @jlcanovas, and everyone, I’m the lead of the IEEE SA Open Community Advisory Group. One of the topics that came up during this week’s meeting was governance. A little background: IEEE SA Open is a new pl…

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## [Elections Best Practices Brain Pick :)](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/elections-best-practices-brain-pick/593)

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**Author:** [@gunner](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/gunner)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2021, 1:53pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/elections-best-practices-brain-pick/593 "2021-02-03T13:53:00Z")

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Hello Sustain Governance friends and allies, We (Aspiration) are helping an open hardware community (http://openhardware.science/) put together their first election of representatives to serve as a community council to …

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## [Seeking examples or models for "equitable elections" for open communities](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/seeking-examples-or-models-for-equitable-elections-for-open-communities/533)

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**Author:** [@gunner](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/gunner)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 12, 2020, 3:44pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/seeking-examples-or-models-for-equitable-elections-for-open-communities/533 "2020-11-12T15:44:50Z")

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Hi Governance WG friends, I’m working with a global open community that is just starting to define their overall governance framework, and the question we are wrestling with is how to seat a governing body (e.g. board o…

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## [Choose A Governance Model](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/choose-a-governance-model/437)

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**Author:** [@jdorfman](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/jdorfman)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 24, 2020, 8:45pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/choose-a-governance-model/437 "2020-07-24T20:45:15Z")

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While listening to the latest Sustain podcast (yes I listen to myself talk), Governance came up a lot. In fact, my spotlight was this WG (replace “Ready” with “Readiness” =p). Anyway, I was thinking it would be awesome …

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## [13 years later: Why FOSS is still not on activist agendas](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/13-years-later-why-foss-is-still-not-on-activist-agendas/256)

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**Author:** [@jwf](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/jwf)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 18, 2019, 12:17am UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/13-years-later-why-foss-is-still-not-on-activist-agendas/256 "2019-12-18T00:17:48Z")

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Hi folks! Recently I published a blog post that was a chance for me to articulate some of the challenges of Free Software as it connects to social work / grassroots organizing. This was a response to an article written …

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## [Re: The curl bus factor](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/re-the-curl-bus-factor/122)

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**Author:** [@jdorfman](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/jdorfman)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 21, 2019, 5:46pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/re-the-curl-bus-factor/122 "2019-04-21T17:46:27Z")

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I use curl a lot. In fact we all use (lib)curl a lot throughout the day without even knowing. As a sustainer, this concerns me: Do I know who would pick up the project and move on if I die today? No. We’re a 100% vol…

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## [The future of Homebrew](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/the-future-of-homebrew/156)

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**Author:** [@jdorfman](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/jdorfman)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2019, 2:31pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/the-future-of-homebrew/156 "2019-03-19T14:31:30Z")

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Fellow sustainer, Mike McQuaid announced recently: Before stepping down as lead maintainer, he created a pull request: Add/link Homebrew Governance document. At this time it isn’t merged but I look forward to readin…