Development quote of the week

So this is what I have been dreaming of lately: when you create a git repository on a forge platform, it nudges you towards adopting a governance model for your project, and proposes a selection of well-known ones that you can add in one click to the repository as a GOVERNANCE.md file. Just like it nudges you to adopt a license. Ideally, it could also set up the appropriate teams and apply other configuration settings implied by the governance model you picked. Unlike licenses, which are mostly meant to be copied verbatim and not modified, the governance model would be meant to be a starter template to be adapted to the needs of the project as it grows (by specifying how the governance model can be changed). An additional benefit of having such well-known starter packs is that it would help prospective users and contributors quickly grasp the general spirit of a governance model, without having to read it all (just like we have built a common understanding of what the MIT or GPL licenses are and we don't need to dissect them every time we interact with a project licensed as such).

— Antonin Delpeuch