Governance of decentralized autonomous organizations that produce open source software
Publication date
2024-03
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Van Vulpen, Paul
Siu, Jozef
Jansen, Slinger
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Abstract
Decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) have found use in the governance of open source software (OSS) projects. However, the governance of an OSS producing DAO should match the particularities of OSS production while also overcoming the existing challenges of decentralized governance. The existing decentralized governance frameworks do not include all the governance activities of OSS projects. Therefore, this study presents a governance framework for DAOs that produce OSS. The framework is built upon a total of 34 articles on DAO and OSS governance. The framework was evaluated in three leading DAOs that produce OSS. The evaluation underscores the significance of the framework and proves the potential of the systematic categorization of governance mechanisms. Finally, we list emerging governance practices in various governance domains in this developing field.
Keywords
Blockchain, Case study research, Decentralized autonomous organizations, Decentralized governance, Governance framework, Open source software, Information Systems, Computer Science Applications, Computer Networks and Communications
Citation
van Vulpen, P, Siu, J & Jansen, S 2024, 'Governance of decentralized autonomous organizations that produce open source software', Blockchain: Research and Applications, vol. 5, no. 1, 100166. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bcra.2023.100166