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Articles and publications tagged Open Source Governance across the Atmosphere.

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Courtney Robertson
Courtney RobertsonNov 7, 2026
Who pays when WordPress /random/ becomes the default?
You can want a random post button and question its default. Follow the WordPress record, the community replies and the work a merge gives other people.
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drupalMerge Conflicts
Courtney Robertson
Courtney RobertsonNov 6, 2026
How do open source licenses work, and what do they leave out?
An open source license is permission from the people who hold the copyright. Here is what that permission covers, how permissive and copyleft licenses differ, who can change a license, and what no license decides.
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Courtney Robertson
Courtney RobertsonNov 5, 2026
From GNU to GitHub: what does the history of open source say about who decides?
Seven dated records, from a 1983 Usenet post to the GitHub mirror WordPress keeps today. For each one: what happened, who made the call, and where you can still read it.
free softwareGitHub
Courtney Robertson
Courtney RobertsonNov 4, 2026
Free as in freedom or free as in beer: which free does open source promise?
Free has two meanings in English, and software licenses care about only one of them. Here is what free as in freedom promises, what it leaves to the price tag, and where WordPress lands.
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Courtney Robertson
Courtney RobertsonNov 4, 2026
What are the four freedoms of open source, and where does WordPress use them?
In 2006 I opened a theme folder and could read how the thing worked. That was one of the four freedoms of open source. Here are all four, where WordPress uses each one, and what the license leaves undecided.
four freedomsfree software
Courtney Robertson
Courtney RobertsonNov 2, 2026
Merge Conflicts: what happens when open source governance procedures aren’t written down?
In 2024 I asked who decides, into a microphone. In 2015 I was walked out of a room. Merge Conflicts is my long answer: twelve projects, dated documents, labeled evidence, and my disclosures up front.
communityMerge Conflicts

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