Governance organization: Difference between revisions

revert; an analysis specific to Consumerium of EACH of these consortia and what they do right/wrong needs to be here, ultimately, and Microsoft is a factor no matter WHAT you want to do, so...
(i can't see any sense in redlinking shared source + fix other linkage)
(revert; an analysis specific to Consumerium of EACH of these consortia and what they do right/wrong needs to be here, ultimately, and Microsoft is a factor no matter WHAT you want to do, so... )
 
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A '''governance organization''' is a group that oversees some [[content]] or [[software]] to be sure its [[license]] is respected.  They also approve any modification to that license, in such a case that the license allows itself to be replaced at a later date.  The [[w:FSF|FSF]] and X/Open are such orgs.  The best practices of such organizations should be summarized here so that we can copy the best ones in the [[Consumerium Governance Organization]].
A '''governance organization''' is a group that oversees some [[content]] or [[software]] to be sure its [[license]] is respected.  They also approve any modification to that license.  The [[FSF]] and [[X/Open]] are such orgs.  The best practices of such organizations should be summarized here so that we can copy the best ones in the [[Consumerium Governance Organization]].


In shared source, the governance organization is the main vendor itself, e.g. [[w:Microsoft|Microsoft]].
In [[shared source]], the governance organization is the main vendor itself, e.g. [[Microsoft]].


In some [[open source]] variants, the organization is also responsible for some other things, e.g. the [[w:BSD|BSD]] license refers to the Regents of the University of California as its governance organization.
In some [[open source]] variants, the organization is also responsible for some other things, e.g. the [[BSD]] license refers to the Regents of the University of California as its governance organization.
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