Governance is important for open source projects, but unless you start with a clear vision, it can be hard to get everyone on the same page. Governance often only becomes a priority when a project is already popular. So how do you build agreement and a common understanding of the governance of your codebase?
The Foundation for Public Code created the Governance Game to solve this problem for public sector open source codebases - but it can be used for any open content that’s built collaboratively, including yours! The Governance Game is a fun way to help you and your community start talking about various aspects of governance, and highlight potential pitfalls. Of course, we have both physical and fully remote versions.
In this film we'll explain why using this game will strengthen your project and build deeper connections within your community.
Since this is a prerecorded video, this is not affecting this proposal.
We're hoping that many efforts and discussions will continue after Mozfest. Share any ideas you already have for how to continue the work from your session.:We will continue to use and develop the governance game, and hope that this session will help more communities gain insight and a shared understanding of the governance in their projects. We'd be especially appreciative of feedback from a wider range of audiences, to make it a more useful and versatile tool.
Jan is working with developing tools, processes and collecting best practices for community building amongst the codebases in stewardship of the Foundation for Public Code.