I wrote a little bit about this a couple of years ago: https://blog.williammanley.net/2020/05/25/unlock-software-freedom-one-by-using-better-tools.html https://

I wrote a little bit about this a couple of years ago: https://blog.williammanley.net/2020/05/25/unlock-software-freedom-one-by-using-better-tools.html https://blog.williammanley.net/2020/05/25/unlock-software-fr... gittup[1] implements part of this idea, but without the distributed bit. bazel[2] implements the distributed bit (minus trust), but not the distro bit. What's really lacking is momentum around the idea to get a sufficient number of people behind it. [1]: https://github.com/gittup/gittup https://github.com/gittup/gittup [2]: https://bazel.build/ https://bazel.build/