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Federation of Foundations for Small Projects 💡 A multinational network of nonprofits and co-ops that provide a legal home for projects, pairing a flexible but standardized set of governance with a flexible but standardized set of services. Could be a project's forever home, or 'just' a way point between, say, Open Collective and landing at a mature and more specific Foundation. If I didn't need a ~salaried job, this is what I'd be trying to build right now. 7 comments
And perhaps the various nodes could even have contractual agreements between them, like credit unions, to simplify procurement for downstream users. Got a relationship with one node? Great, you've already got the pieces in place to pay projects hosted at other nodes. Massively complex, and perhaps overwrought, but then again simple solutions tend not to be solutions at all when we're talking about ecosystems. @josh Well, one way to do that while still doing the job would be to do it with others.  @josh Are you aware of https://commonsconservancy.org/ ? Michiel Leenars and the team at Commons Conservancy have built a model that could easily be extended worldwide. All of the legal documents are themselves Open and reusable. |
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Nonprofits and co-ops because I think having investors who expect an ROI in the mix is a nonstarter.
Federated because single points of failure and monocultures are dead ends.
Standardized (but flexible) because that can make governance coherent, legible, and trustworthy for downstream users, while also simplifying offerings for project leaders and maintainers who are trying to find a home that fits their project's needs.