The license used on an open source project historically defined its early social contract. Governance in early successful projects grew out of various models. Now we live in an era of growing engagement from corporations developing their own open source projects and participating in large scale collaborations. The talk presents a review and observations of how the original large scale vibrant projects grew, the research literature surrounding them, and guidance and considerations going forward for companies that want to build successful collaborative communities delivering robust open source software.
Monday October 23, 2017 15:10 - 15:50 CEST
Karlin III