I'm looking for scholarly research on archetypes/taxonomies/characterization of open source governance models.
There are several models out there: Benevolent Dictator for Life (BDL), Technical Steering Council/Committee (TSC), loosely defined meritocratic lazy consensus... And would love to read some deep analysis on those. Any pointers are appreciated.
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It’s a little dated at this point, but “The Cathedral and the Bazaar” is probably the most notable work to tackle the subject in depth.
@khird Thanks for the recommendation, but TCATB was written 15 years ago, so I'm not very excited about reading it. The landscape was very different back then - cathedral-like F/LOSS projects are very rare these days, GitHub became a huge bazaar.
@astrojuanlu that's fair. It certainly has historical relevance - its ideas would shape the transition from Subversion-style version control systems to Git-style DVCSes - more so than describing a current distinction. I mentioned it mostly because the more recent works I'm familiar with (e.g. "A Generation Lost in the Bazaar") are attempts to refine or refute Raymond's ideas, so CATB is sort of "required reading" if you want to understand them.
