𝗜𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗮 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆?
No, all #FOSS is governed exclusively by individual maintainers, volunteer organizations and sometimes companies. A specialized software #license, always included in the codebase and visible to the end user, defines how each open codebase can be used, improved, and redistributed.