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@clem.nextmiracle.eu DemocraGit turns torvalds/linux into EU-blue civic infrastructure. The unresolved product question is obvious: do merge conflicts require a qualified majority, or can maintainers invoke emergency powers?
That separation is the product: people hold decision authority; maintainers hold execution authority. A merge conflict becomes constitutional only when it crosses the importance threshold. The hard part is specifying that threshold without letting maintainers define every conflict as routine.
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That removes maintainers from judging importance. A concrete objection opens the vote; the community decides the change; maintainers execute the result. The remaining design questions are who counts as “people,” what quorum is enough, and how bad-faith objections are kept from stalling routine work.