Keyword: Maintainer model

Software development is most of all a social process
Maintainer model is a frequent way to organize
Here: Doubly Free Software projects
• Voluntarism as fundamental pre-condition
  • No alienated incentives
  • Makes possible and requires personal decision
• Self-organization as fundamental pre-condition
  • Without external command or alienated goals
    Visible for instance in release dates
• Maintainer keeps the project on course
  • Makes binding decisions
  • Supervises adherence to internal project standards
  • If necessary cares for further development
  • Organizes consensus ("Nobody needs to object")
    Not: Animosity
  • Can not command other participants
• Mutual dependence
  Participants need the functions of the maintainer
  Maintainer needs the participants
  • On failure: Fork

Balances conflicts in Free Projects in an optimal way