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diff --git a/docs/GOVERNANCE.md b/docs/GOVERNANCE.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..26248cce7 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/GOVERNANCE.md @@ -0,0 +1,88 @@ +# Decision making in the curl project + +A rough guide to how we make decisions and who does what. + +## BDFL + +This project was started by and has to some extent been pushed forward over +the years with Daniel Stenberg as the driving force. It matches a standard +BDFL (Benevolent Dictator For Life) style project. + +This setup has been used due to convenience and the fact that is has worked +fine this far. It is not because someone thinks of it as a superior project +leadership model. It will also only continue working as long as Daniel manages +to listen in to what the project and the general user population wants and +expects from us. + +## Legal entity + +There is no legal entity. The curl project is just a bunch of people scattered +around the globe with the common goal to produce source code that creates +great products. + +The copyrights in the project are owned by the individuals and organizations +that wrote those parts of the code. + +## Decisions + +The curl project is not a democracy, but everyone is entitled to state their +opinion and may argue for their sake within the community. + +All and any changes that have been done or will be done are eligible to bring +up for discussion, to object to or to praise. Ideally, we find consensus for +the appropriate way forward in any given situation or challenge. + +If there is no obvious consensus, a maintainer who's knowledgeable in the +specific area will take an "executive" decision that they think is the right +for the project. + +## Key roles + +### Maintainers + +A maintainer in the curl project is an individual who has been given +permissions to push commits to one of the git repositories. + +Maintainers are free to push commits to the repositories at their own will. +Maintainers are however expected to listen to feedback from users and any +change that is non-trivial in size or nature *should* be brought to the +project as a PR to allow others to comment/object before merge. + +### Former maintainers + +A maintainer who stops being active in the project will at some point get +their push permissions removed. We do this for security reasons but also to +make sure that we always have the list of maintainers as "the team that push +stuff to curl". + +Getting push permissions removed is not a punishment. Everyone who ever worked +on maintaining curl is considered a hero, for all time hereafter. + +### Security team members + +We have a security team. That's the team of people who are subscribed to the +curl-security mailing list; the receivers of security reports from users and +developers. This list of people will vary over time but should be skilled +developers familiar with the curl project. + +The security team works best when it consists of a small set of active +persons. We invite new members when the team seems to need it, and we also +expect to retire security team members as they "drift off" from the project or +just find themselves unable to perform their duties there. + +### Server admins + +We run a web server, a mailing list and more on the curl project's primary +server. That physical machine is owned and run by Haxx. Daniel is the primary +admin of all things curl related server stuff, but Björn Stenberg and Linus +Feltzing serve as backup admins for when Daniel is gone or unable. + +The primary server is paid for by Haxx. The machine is physically located in a +server bunker in Stockholm Sweden, operated by the company Portlane. + +The web site contents are served to the web via Fastly and Daniel is the +primary curl contact with Fastly. + +### BDFL + +That's Daniel. diff --git a/docs/Makefile.am b/docs/Makefile.am index 1cad0624e..bdd96fdd9 100644 --- a/docs/Makefile.am +++ b/docs/Makefile.am @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = MANUAL BUGS CONTRIBUTE.md FAQ FEATURES INTERNALS.md SSLCERTS.md README.netware MAIL-ETIQUETTE HTTP-COOKIES.md SECURITY-PROCESS.md RELEASE-PROCEDURE \ SSL-PROBLEMS.md HTTP2.md ROADMAP.md CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md CODE_STYLE.md \ CHECKSRC.md CMakeLists.txt README.md CIPHERS.md INSTALL.cmake README.cmake \ - $(noinst_man_MANS) HELP-US.md + $(noinst_man_MANS) HELP-US.md GOVERNANCE.md MAN2HTML= roffit $< >$@ |