Obviously it's not as nice as Webkit's dev-first, production second model. And, since no patches are being introduced from the community, I would think that a b

Obviously it's not as nice as Webkit's dev-first, production second model. And, since no patches are being introduced from the community, I would think that a better description would be "creative-commons code." This is indicative of a production team that thinks reddit is more than just operating software, and views the OSS model as community outreach rather than creation of their product. Sure, OSS patches would fix bugs, but the developers are tracking community needs, and developing against their target; the code follows that. Reddit: the community Reddit: the site software Reddit: the open source branch. Reddit: the t-shirt. Reddit: the placemat. Reddit: the flamethrower.