FOSS Backstage 2026

Drew DeVault

Drew DeVault is a prolific author of free software, founding and building communities around projects including aerc, Hare, Sway, SourceHut, wlroots, and dozens more, as well as a prolific writer and advocate both for free software generally and for a just free software movement that we can be proud of participating in.


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SourceHut


Session

03-17
11:55
30min
Building and scaling Hare's community governance
Drew DeVault

How the Hare programming language community grew from one BDFL and a ragtag group of early hackers to a productive, sociable, and egalitarian community of happy hackers with a lightweight and effective model of participatory governance.

Governance & Community
Room Auditorium