# kaal:claim:3782198-017

**Claim.** The Apache Foundation's minimal governance works only because its members are not competing for power and money within the organization, which limits how far the model can be transferred to for profit settings.

**Type.** condition  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- applies to non profit open source foundations

**Source quote.**

> But how can they thrive? The Apache Software Founda- tion's near trivial governance system works in an organization whose members are not competing for power and money within the organization.

**From.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, *Contemporary Decentralization* (2021), Open source culture, page 16

**Cite as.** Craig Calcaterra, Wulf A. Kaal, Contemporary Decentralization (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3782198

**Verify.** sha256 of source PDF `e7e1378e3eed06cace6534e7792a7307d607d18bc6beb4ac45896476280728e4` at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wulfkaal/Academic-Papers/main/papers/pdf/Calcaterra%20and%20Kaal%20-%202021%20-%20Contemporary%20Decentralization.pdf

**Topics.** governance-design, decentralization, risk-and-incentives

**Keywords.** governance, apache, non-profit, decentralized-organizations, incentives

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