Comment Open Source Foundations (Score 1) 181
If you want Open Source politics, you might want to look at organizations like the
Apache (www.apache.org/foundation),
Gnome (foundation.gnome.org), and
Python (www.python.org/psf) Foundations.
I worked on the Jabber Software Foundation
(http://www.jabber.org/jsf.html) for a while. We developed special interest groups and and an enhancement proposal system based on similar things at Gnome and Python. There is a Jabber Council for which elections are currently underway that form a main decision-making body for Jabber. I put together a piece based on my experience advocating establishing an Open Corporation for your efforts. Still, benevelent dicatorship still has a lot to be said for it, though.
Apache (www.apache.org/foundation),
Gnome (foundation.gnome.org), and
Python (www.python.org/psf) Foundations.
I worked on the Jabber Software Foundation
(http://www.jabber.org/jsf.html) for a while. We developed special interest groups and and an enhancement proposal system based on similar things at Gnome and Python. There is a Jabber Council for which elections are currently underway that form a main decision-making body for Jabber. I put together a piece based on my experience advocating establishing an Open Corporation for your efforts. Still, benevelent dicatorship still has a lot to be said for it, though.
