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Challenges & Opportunities Concerning Corporate Formation, Nonprofit Status, & Governance for Open Source Projects

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Ritvo, Dalia, Hessekiel, Kira, Bavitz, Christopher·2017·SSRN Electronic Journal
DOI 10.2139/ssrn.2937956
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  • Early governance models, such as benevolent dictator or consensus-based meritocracies, depended on informal social contracts, technical reputation, and sustained contribution instead of codified policy.

    “Early governance models, such as the benevolent dictator paradigm or consensus-based meritocracies, depended on informal social contracts, technical reputation, and sustained contribution instead of codified policy [4, 30, 42].”

    From Governance in Practice: How Open Source Projects Define and Document Roles (2026) · cites this paper as [42]

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Authors
Ritvo, D., Hessekiel, K., & Bavitz, C.
Affiliations
Harvard University (US)
Corresponding author
Ritvo, Dalia
Venue
SSRN Electronic Journal
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2017
ISSN
1556-5068 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.2139/ssrn.2937956
OpenAlex
W3122195828
Cited by
2
References
0
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2026: 1 · 2023: 1
Type
posted content
Language
en
Open access
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  • SSRN Electronic Journal (publishedVersion)
  • Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) (Harvard University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Science Applications › Open Source Software Innovations
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering
  • Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Intellectual Property Rights and Media
Keywords
open source projects, corporate formation, nonprofit status, corporate governance, legal entity formation, nonprofit corporations, open source software governance

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