Public conversation about public problems

Our current working models of “governance” in #opensource are mostly: Monarchy – the dictator for life.Aristocracy – the devs.Oligarchy – NGOs/funders.And way out on the edge: Democracy – the users. We need better governance native to the #openweb. Let’s look at this at a more personal level before the normal wider social view. Yes, in #FOSS development the devs doing the work deserve respect, and #OMN isn’t arguing that users should simply demand things from volunteers. The point about “aristocracy” is about more where decision-making power sits, less whether devs are privileged people or whether their work has value. If the people who write and maintain the code also decide what the project is, what gets built, what gets rejected and how the project develops, then you have a governance structure where technical expertise becomes political authority. Hope am clear, that isn’t a criticism of individual developers, it’s a structural observation. The #OMN approach is to separate doing…