Consumerium governance

Revision as of 20:08, 19 June 2003 by 142.177.12.33 (talk) (had name wrong)

Consumerium governance is how it runs itself. Because Consumerium seeks to change corporate governance and perhaps government attitude to this, it should be a very good example of governance responsible to our values. Whatever they are. Specific issues in Consumerium governance are:

  • choice of licenses - note that there are few contributors now, and it is not too late to require that all contributions accept that a change of license be possible later, under the terms of governance we eventually work out for that (in other words notify that unless you object in such and such a time after a notice of change of license, the material is under a new license, and you lose rights to say fork off a new project with the old material without problems).
  • other things that might have to be listed in a board manual - see m:board manual for a possible starting point for Consumerium's board.
  • picking the right balance of tools, rules and fools. We hate bureaucracy but sometimes zero-bureaucracy (like GPL) just leads you into more control by official bureaucrats and wasting your life defending your work. High-bureaucracy (like w:Business Software Alliance) has some benefits but is mostly just oppressive. Consortia usually fall in between and balance a little more bureaucracy and obligation up front with a way to manage unforseen events later on, the main reason to even consider governance important.