A one-person practice built around one question: does the system hold?
05.00 · About
BIO · 05.01
Van Lindberg runs Process Mechanics. He has been drafting open source licenses for two decades, including the Cryptographic Autonomy License, and advises companies on the places where AI, open source, and corporate risk meet.
The practice is deliberately small. The work is deliberately technical. The bet is that good process, the kind that actually ships, comes from people who understand both the law and the machinery.
Selected work · 05.02
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W 01
Cryptographic Autonomy License
Drafted the CAL for Holochain; approved by the Open Source Initiative.
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OSPO engagements
Built and audited Open Source Program Offices for technology and financial-services companies.
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Python Software Foundation
Past chair; ongoing counsel on licensing and foundation governance.
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Model licensing work
Counsel on foundation-model release terms, data licensing, and responsible-AI policies.