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Governance

OpenSDDC is an early-stage community project. This document will evolve toward a more formal governance model over time.

Core principle​

Governance should stay open and documented. Important technical decisions are taken with community discussion and recorded as ADRs (Architecture Decision Records).

Early stage (today)​

  • Roadmap, repositories, and major architecture are coordinated by the founding team.
  • Design discussion happens openly on GitHub issues / discussions.
  • Contributors can earn commit/merge rights in repos based on contribution quality, consistency, and community fit.

Medium term​

  • Maintainer model: Clearly named maintainers per repository.
  • Working groups: Focused groups around areas such as SLTV, gIMI, dc(e)OS, OpenDIMA.
  • Community council: Coordinates roadmap priorities and cross-repo decisions on behalf of the community.

Decision making​

  • Small changes: PR review + maintainer approval.
  • Architecture: ADR + community discussion.
  • Cross-cutting: working group coordination + council approval where needed.
  • Site content (blog, documentation, design) is default CC-BY-4.0.
  • For code repositories, see each repo’s LICENSE file.

This document will be updated over time. Proposals welcome via PR.