"POSS" was first used by James Governor, founder of analyst firm RedMonk, who reportedly said<ref>https://twitter.com/monkchips/status/247584170967175169</ref> "Youngeryounger devs today are about POSS -- Post open source software. F***fuck the license and governance, just commit to github"."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.infoworld.com/d/open-source-software/github-needs-take-open-source-seriously-208046|title=GitHub needs to take open source seriously|author=Simon Phipps|publisher=Infoworld|date=30 November 2012|accessdate=30 January 2013}}</ref> According to Luis Villa, when even "...the open license ecosystem assumes that sharing can't (or even shouldn't) happen without explicit permission in the form of licenses", developers vote their dissent through POSS.<ref>http://tieguy.org/blog/2013/01/27/taking-post-open-source-seriously-as-a-statement-about-copyright-law/</ref>
