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Brodie Robertson: Open Source Software Is Not A Democracy (www.youtube.com)

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"Open Source Software Is Not A Democracy". Brodie Robertson. 2024-05-26T21:00:18. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gphY5Okx_vs.
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Wouldn't it technically be anarchy?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I think because everyone can contribute, its more like adhoc collectivism

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

With a dictator at each branch, since the branch owner has final say in every decision.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

🍴 forks

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Hm, it depends on the context. Any open source project, or fork thereof would be an independent isolated instance with it's own practices — e.g. authoritarian, anarchist, democratic, etc.