Correct link http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Community/Governance
On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 10:31 AM, Vincent Massol <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
