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Raku Foundation Sets Up Governance for Open Source Future
The Raku Foundation is establishing a legal entity in the Netherlands to support the Raku programming language, with an Executive Board and an elected Supervisory Board. It aims to comply with the EU's Cyber Resilience Act, creating a legal space for developers contributing to FOSS projects used commercially. The foundation will balance informal self-organizing groups with formal rule-based committees to preserve community-driven development.
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The foundation's dual structure—formal governance for legal compliance and informal groups for developer autonomy—is a pragmatic model for open-source projects navigating regulatory pressures.
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