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.

License and copyright

• Site content (blog, documentation, design) is default CC-BY-4.0.
• For code repositories, see each repo’s LICENSE file.

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