The War for the Soul of Open Source
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Argues that the core of open source is community stewardship and shared purpose, not licenses or foundations, supported by 13 years building the Chef community and research into Sustainable Free and Open Source Communities. Shows concrete practices—shared governance, contributor roles, stewardship responsibilities, and treating code as an “infinite” commons created by permissive copyright—that produce resilient projects and human benefits. Claims that when those practices are in place projects scale and contributors stay engaged; when they’re absent projects fragment and talent leaves.
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