Governance of decentralized autonomous organizations that produce open source software

Paul van Vulpen; Jozef Siu; Slinger Jansen

doi:10.1016/j.bcra.2023.100166

Governance of decentralized autonomous organizations that produce open source software

Paul van Vulpen^*, Jozef Siu, Slinger Jansen

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Utrecht University

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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.

Original language	English
Article number	100166
Number of pages	21
Journal	Blockchain: Research and Applications
Volume	5
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bcra.2023.100166
Publication status	Published - Mar 2024

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Keywords

Blockchain
Case study research
Decentralized autonomous organizations
Decentralized governance
Governance framework
Open source software

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