OpenLLMetry Governance

This document defines the governance policies of OpenLLMetry.

Contributors

Anyone can contribute to OpenLLMetry, whether through code, design discussions, documentation, blog posts, talks, or other means. All contributors are expected to follow the OpenLLMetry Code of Conduct.

Contributions to the code base, documentation, or other components in the OpenLLMetry GitHub repositories must follow the guidelines described in the CONTRIBUTING.md document. Whether these contributions get merged into the project is the prerogative of the maintainers.

Maintainers

Maintainers are responsible for the overall security, quality and integrity of the project. They propose, manage, review, approve/reject major change and enhancement requests. They also have the ability to merge code into the project. See the MAINTAINERS.md document for the full list of maintainer responsibilities.

Ideally, all project decisions are resolved by maintainer consensus. If this is not possible, maintainers may call for a vote. The voting process is a simple majority in which each maintainer receives one vote.

If a maintainer is no longer interested in or cannot perform the duties listed above, they should move themselves to emeritus status. This can also occur by a vote of the maintainers.

Becoming A Maintainer

Anyone can become an OpenLLMetry maintainer. Maintainers should be extremely proficient in Python; have relevant domain expertise; have the time and ability to meet the maintainer expectations outlined above, and demonstrate the ability to work with the existing maintainers and project process.

To become a maintainer, start by expressing interest to existing maintainers. Existing maintainers will then ask you to demonstrate the qualifications above by contributing PRs, doing code reviews, and other such tasks under their guidance. After several months of working together, maintainers will decide whether to grant maintainer status.

Updating The Governance

This governance is a living document and its policies will need to be updated over time to meet the community's needs. Until the steering committee is set up, the maintainers will have full ownership of this governance. Changes can be proposed at any time, but a super majority is required to approve any updates.

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