> 4- Licenses define one type of contract. We are missing "Social" and "Economic" contracts.
People try to reinforce contributing guidelines but then it's not exactly a panacea.
I definitely think there's an opportunity ( for "disruption"? Heh :)) to bring the structuring, ordering and organizing effects of marketplace transactions to open source to clarify ambiguous expectations, to exercise control over the task flow, to connect the work to market realities and rewards.
But an open source project is actually quite subtle and complex in terms of how it is already structured with respect to the interactions between all stakeholders. And participants. Hundreds of thousands or more of tiny little interactions and moments the contribute to the trajectory of a project. So the idea that a single type of business model could fit everything I think it's misguided but definitely I think there's huge scope for creating improvements here.
> 4- Licenses define one type of contract. We are missing "Social" and "Economic" contracts.
People try to reinforce contributing guidelines but then it's not exactly a panacea.
I definitely think there's an opportunity ( for "disruption"? Heh :)) to bring the structuring, ordering and organizing effects of marketplace transactions to open source to clarify ambiguous expectations, to exercise control over the task flow, to connect the work to market realities and rewards.
But an open source project is actually quite subtle and complex in terms of how it is already structured with respect to the interactions between all stakeholders. And participants. Hundreds of thousands or more of tiny little interactions and moments the contribute to the trajectory of a project. So the idea that a single type of business model could fit everything I think it's misguided but definitely I think there's huge scope for creating improvements here.