A Social Model of Open Source: Moving Beyond the License
summary
Proposes a concrete social metadata file that records maintainer lists, governance, funding runway and security contacts so consumers can decide whether a project is stable or at risk (example cited: OpenSSL/Heartbleed showed hidden maintenance risk). Wants auto-updating maintainer lists by aggregating contributor data and funding sources, notes Apache Foundation schema as closest prior art but inconsistently filled, aims for near-zero effort for maintainers while warning funding metadata can be abused.
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- 0:00Start
- 2:57a brief history of open source
- 19:31what function does it serve
- 23:16how long would it take you to find a project's...
- 30:16documentation
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