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* Discussion of open source maintenance, maintainers, and our expectations of "free" software
* BDFL
** Linux: https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/25-years-later-interview-linus-torvalds
** Python: https://lwn.net/Articles/759654/, https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/07/13/python_creator_guido_van_rossum_quits/
** Node modules: https://www.npmjs.com/package/request, https://github.com/request/request/issues/3142
** event-stream hack
*** https://twitter.com/garybernhardt/status/1067111872225136640
*** https://blog.npmjs.org/post/180565383195/details-about-the-event-stream-incident
*** https://blog.tidelift.com/event-stream-100-million-downloads-unmaintained-hacked.-now-can-we-pay-the-maintainers
** Emerging models** https://opencollective.com/, e.g., https://opencollective.com/babel** https://tidelift.com/** https://www.patreon.com/, e.g., https://www.patreon.com/henryzhu, https://www.patreon.com/sindresorhus
** LTS for Node Modules - https://medium.com/@nodejs/call-to-action-accelerating-node-js-growth-e4862bee2919
*** https://github.com/nodejs/package-maintenance