I have now updated the governance page: http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/ommunity/Governance
Thanks -Vincent > On 10 May 2016, at 13:34, Vincent Massol <[email protected]> wrote: > > Here are the results: > > 6 +1 globally, some 0 on specific items and no -1. > > The VOTE is thus passed. > > Thanks everyone who replied! > -Vincent > >> On 30 Apr 2016, at 13:10, Vincent Massol <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Dear XWiki Developers, >> >> In order to better ensure the long term success of the xwiki open source >> project, we need to work on making xwiki.org a place where sponsoring >> companies (the main one being XWiki SAS) can thrive and get some revenues >> from their contributions to the project (thus allowing them to invest and >> even increase their investment in open source). >> >> Actually we've already started this a while ago by defining our governance >> process at http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Community/Governance. >> >> This mail is about going further in this direction and providing more >> leverage for sponsoring companies. >> >> Without further ado, here's a list of actions I'm proposing: >> >> A) On the download page, introduce a form (that can be skipped) to let user >> enter their details (name, email) to accept to receive offers, discuss >> business projects, and provide onboarding help/tips from companies creating >> XWiki. Since XWiki SAS is currently hosting and maintaining xwiki.org, I'm >> proposing that the user details will be sent by mail to some XWiki SAS email >> address (i.e. XWiki SAS will be operating user data gathering on behalf of >> xwiki.org, which has no legal entity). On the other side, XWiki SAS will >> provide those information to other companies offering a good level of code >> contribution to the development of XWiki: I'm proposing the threshold of 3 >> active committers to be able to receive those contact details. >> >> B) Similarly, inside the XWiki product, on the Admin user creation screen in >> the Distribution Wizard or elsewhere (place to be defined), have some >> checkbox to accept to receive news/onboarding tips/offers from companies >> creating XWiki. It'll work the same and send an email to some XWiki >> SAS-operated email address. And again XWiki SAS will redistribute the >> information to companies having more than 3 active committers on the project. >> >> C) Add a Support/Offer Panel inside the default XWiki flavor where companies >> creating XWiki can advertising their services/offers. In addition, find a >> place, maybe in some Admin UI menu for providing the same information + a >> configuration option to remove this panel from the UI. >> >> D) Allow companies creating XWiki to publish blog entries to present new >> offers/services/extensions. We don't want this to turn into spam so the rule >> could be no more than 1 such blog entry/mail per month to start with and >> those entries need to be presented in a nice community-oriented way. >> >> E) Similarly, allow top sponsoring companies (XWiki SAS at the moment) to >> create a monthly newsletter sent to the users list, gathering news about the >> xwiki ecosystem in general (product news, events, new offers/services/paying >> extensions, tips, etc). There could also be surveys. XWiki SAS is happy to >> start this effort and to gather such news from other sponsoring companies to >> include them in the newsletter. The idea is to let the community be more >> aware of all news that exists be them free or for pay, and in addition also >> advertise conferences at which xwiki is represented, etc. >> >> F) Find a good place in the XWiki runtime (maybe rework the Admin UI home >> page to remove the current icons which don't bring any useful information) >> to display the xwiki.org blog. The idea is to provide news from inside XWiki >> but not make it intrusive to users (hence the idea of locating it somewhere >> in the Admin UI). Of course we need handle the fallback when the instance is >> not connected to the internet or behind a proxy. >> >> G) Since XWiki SAS is paying for hosting and maintaining xwiki.org, the idea >> is to mention this on xwiki.org, possibly in a panel or in the footer (as we >> do our other sponsors) >> >> H) Put some company logos of companies using xwiki on the home page or >> somewhere visible to advertise more the xwiki software: "hey, look, those >> companies are using XWiki”. >> >> I) Increase the visibility for the top sponsoring company. Today we have an >> issue is that the company that sponsors the big majority of the source code >> is not much more visible than companies which sponsor less than 1% of the >> code. Right now we're saying on >> [[http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Community/Governance]]: "The >> commercial offerings are listed in the order of their contribution levels, >> the biggest contributor getting the top spot. In order to keep it simple the >> contribution level corresponds to the number of active Committers.". I'd >> like to keep the spirit but I believe we need to change the implementation. >> Right now all companies are put one under another. This has the effect of >> making it more confusing for users to choose and doesn't reflect the level >> of contributions of companies. So the new rule I'd like to have is that on >> all pages where we list companies, we make the top contributing company >> displayed very visibly and have a link for other companies, leading to >> another page where they advertise for their services and offers. >> >> J) Allow sponsoring companies to have paying extensions on >> extensions.xwiki.org, under any license (open source or not). >> >> Here’s my +1 >> >> Thanks >> -Vincent Massol >> Hat 1: CTO XWiki SAS >> Hat 2: XWiki Core Committer > _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
