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Governance Working Group

It's crucial to consider how to structure and organize the governance of this project. Naively, a number of approaches seem reasonable to consider as potentialities. The Linux kernel has achieved great success with some form of benevolent dictatorship model. Debian prides itself on a very structured constitutional democracy. Finally, we could imagine a governance scheme that sought to replicate the traditional university model, with a president/provost in some executive role and faculty body as a type of legislative body, and possibly a board of regents/chancellors for oversight. It might very well be most prudent to delay this consideration until the project reaches more of a critical mass.

Current members:

None

Important references:

Open-Source Software Development [Methodologies]
Debian Constitution
Debian Voting