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Governance in Practice: How Open Source Projects Define ... - arXiv arxiv.org 5 days ago 3 facts
claimThe study provides comparative evidence regarding how open source software (OSS) communities formalize authority, distribute responsibilities, and evolve their institutional structures over time.
claimGovernance artifacts serve as a rich source of empirical evidence that allows researchers to systematically compare how authority and responsibility are formalized across open source projects.
claimThe authors of the study 'Governance in Practice: How Open Source Projects Define...' chose the Institutional Grammar structure over matrix-style responsibility models because it enables comparability across projects and aligns with rule-based representations of authority.
Epistemology of Testimony | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy iep.utm.edu 3 facts
quoteThomas Reid wrote in 1764: “[I]f credulity were the effect of reasoning and experience, it must grow up and gather strength, in the same proportion as reason and experience do. But, if it is the gift of Nature, it will be strongest in childhood, and limited and restrained by experience; and the most superficial view of human nature shews, that the last is really the case, and not the first. … [N]ature intends that our belief should be guided by the authority and reason of others before it can be guided by our own reason.”
claimThomas Reid (1785) defines testimony as a situation where the epistemic subject relies on the testifier's authority for the truth of a proposition.
quoteThomas Reid (1785) stated: “There is no doubt an analogy between the evidence of the senses and the evidence of testimony. … But there is a real difference between the two as well as a similarity. When we believe something on the basis of someone’s testimony, we rely on that person’s authority. But we have no such authority for believing our senses.”
Epistemological Problems of Testimony plato.stanford.edu Apr 1, 2021 2 facts
Patterns in the Transition From Founder-Leadership to Community ... arxiv.org Feb 5, 2026 2 facts
claimThe largest category of governance actions in open source software projects is 'choice' (prescribing individual action), followed by 'constitutive' and 'authority' actions (defining institutional constructs and assigning their management).
measurementAs open source projects mature, attention in their governance documents shifts away from 'choice' and 'authority' categories, suggesting a move away from concentrated decision rights and unilateral control toward a more distributed mix of actions.
Self-Consciousness - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Jul 13, 2017 1 fact
claimRichard Moran explored the relationship between authority and estrangement in his 2001 book 'Authority and Estrangement: An Essay on Self-Knowledge'.
Parenting styles: An evidence-based, cross-cultural guide parentingscience.com 1 fact
claimDiana Baumrind observed that the concept of 'authority' had fallen into disrepute in the United States during the 1960s, with many people rejecting both dictatorial authority and rational authority.
Parent–child attachment and adolescent problematic behavior frontiersin.org Feb 26, 2025 1 fact
claimChinese adolescents tend to recognize and comply with authority, whereas adolescents in Western countries place more emphasis on negotiation within relationships and the legitimacy of authority.