Open source must evolve beyond just code licensing to encompass three pillars: open implementation, open specification, and open governance. As AI lowers the barrier to code contribution, spec files and governance documents become as critical as source code itself. Domain experts who can't write code can now contribute at the spec level, with AI agents helping implement their intent. The author argues this isn't a threat to open source but an opportunity for resurgence — provided communities maintain transparency, forkability, and participatory governance across all three layers. Both extremes (dismissing AI-generated code as 'not real open source' or treating open specs as a substitute for open code) miss the point: all three must coexist.
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