structure, by which debates are resolved,
new developers are invited in (and sometimes out), new features
planned, and so on.  Others involve less formal structure, but more
conscious self-restraint, to produce an atmosphere of fairness that
people can rely on as a <span class="foreignphrase"><em class="foreignphrase">de facto</em></span> form
of governance.  Both ways lead to the same result: a sense of
institutional permanence, supported by habits and procedures that are
well understood by everyone who pa