Voting 2025-10-23- Update OpenWrt rules

Started by: Hauke

Status: Closed

Result: Accepted

Ended: 2025-12-02 0:35 CET

I propose to replace the current OpenWrt rules to the below version. This is an official vote. The vote should conclude on 27th November 2025.

These are the old rules: https://openwrt.org/rules

This vote follows the old rules. It needs a two third approval rate among all OpenWrt project members to get accepted.

  # Proposed OpenWrt Rules - June 2025
  
  _**Membership**_
  
  * The roles within the OpenWrt project are:
    active members, inactive members, and non-members.
    There is no core developer group or any other
    group of specially privileged members.
  * Members may voluntarily switch between active and inactive status at
    any time.
  * If a member appears not to be participating in project matters, 
    any active member may request that the non-participating
    member switch to inactive status. 
    This request must be sent by email to the person concerned,
    with the openwrt-adm mailing list in CC.
    If the person either agrees or does not respond within 30 days,
    they will be moved to inactive status.
  * Frequent contributors may become members after a simple approval.
    Project members are free to propose suitable candidates.
    
  _**Commit access**_
  
  * Active members can request commit access to all repositories.
  * The commit credentials of inactive members can be revoked.
    They will be restored upon their return to active status.
    
  _**Voting**_
  
  * All active members have the right to vote and are encouraged
    to liberally exercise this voting right in order to
    maintain a broad consensus on project matters.
  * To propose changes to project matters or the overall development
    direction, a formal proposal must be sent to the openwrt-adm mailing
    list.
    The proposal must clearly describe the suggested changes
    and include a specific deadline for when the voting period will end.
    A simple approval is required.
  * All active members who participate in the new vote or voted in the 
    past 6 months before the new vote was started are considered active
    voters.
    If less than 3 votes occurred in the past 6 months the last 3 votes
    are considered to determine the active voters. 
  * For a simple approval, the proposal must achieve a two-thirds majority
    among the active members who participate in the vote.
    Additionally, it must receive approval from at least 50% of the active
    voters, regardless of whether they participated in the vote.
  * For a change to these rules, a 75% majority among the active members
    who participate in the vote must approve,
    as well as 50% approval from the active voters.
  * Neutral votes are considered half-approvals.
  * Any votes and decisions will be made public on the project website.
  
  _**Infrastructure**_
  
  * Project infrastructure should be outsourced to FOSS community operated
    services whenever possible in order to allow members
    to focus on actual development efforts.
  * Any infrastructure that is operated by the project
    itself shall be administered by at least three different people
    to reduce the likelihood of the project getting locked out
    due to administrators being unreachable.
  * Responsible administrators for the various services shall be
    documented publicly.
  
  _**Other rules**_
  
  * The project will not offer individual email accounts
    under its project domain for privacy and equality reasons.
  * Be nice to each other (formerly known as "Rule 12")