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...version that few Americans (except maybe some Californians) would recognize. Without actual rule by all of its contributors and readers, but rather primary rule by many policies determined and (often) enforced by people selected by autocrats (however benevolent), it's no democracy, but rather a collegiocracy or something else with a new name. Digium/Asterisk is an interesting example. For example, the community has so far accepted the proprietary ownership of code contributed to Digium, but a tension in source code openness lies in that degree in that category. The recent decision to stop new develop...