- Each project is established by the PMC, with OMC approval and with a clearly defined, non-overlapping technical scope.
- Will be headed by a Project Manager appointed by the PMC Leader.
- Each Project will execute according to sound and documented software practices
- Each Project will embrace Meritocracy for community contributions
- Any OSDU technical material/information required to open source the project can be contributed, regardless of prior OSDU confidentiality restrictions to meet Apache 2 license requirements.
## Members:
- Any individual whether an OSDU Forum member or not can join an OSDU Open Source Software Project as a Contributor
- Contributors who are OSDU Forum members can become Committers by majority approval of the existing active Committers (and can be removed in the same way).
- The Project Manager must be a Committer for that project
## Voting:
- If consensus is not reached, Project Manager calls for a simple majority vote among active committers (committers contributing in the last 6 months)
## Escalation:
- Escalates issues that cannot be address in Project to the PMC
## Definitions:
#### Contributor:
- A contributor is anyone who contributes to an Open Source project. These contributions can take any form; including code, documentation, tests, feedback
#### Committer:
- A committer is a contributor that is trusted to make direct changes “commits” to the Open Source project central repository. To be a committer, one has to demonstrate that they understand the project goals & scope, the process, coding standards, quality/security /reliability requirements, and the implications of making the change.