A modest suggestion: There are lots of governance models out there. Rather than try to invent one, choose an open source project (or more than one if you have several in mind) which best matches your vision for the size, scope, and impact of our LinuxCNC project and see how its governance model could be applied.
Two useful resources: a web site on open source projects, which includes this page -> http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk/resources/governanceModels a book about producing open source software - http://producingoss.com/en/index.html (I take note of the fact that the author believes his book is getting stale in the face of 8 years of progress and is seeking kickstarter funding to update it for a second edition) A concern: As a physicist I tend to think in terms of orders of magnitudes so let me throw out the following quantities (my engineering dad would call these SWAGs) Number of LinuxCNC developers: something on the order of 10**1 Number of LinuxCNC discussants (both lists plus forum): something on the order of 10**2 Number of LinuxCNC installations (the ballot on the website): something on the order of 10**3 I hypothesize that making LinuxCNC more attractive to a broader base---notably but not just the "Maker Movement"---could cause the number of active LinuxCNC developers to increase by a factor of 10 and each of the other two numbers to increase by at least a factor of 100. Do you believe our current governance and communication models will stand up to the pressure? Regards, Kent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AlienVault Unified Security Management (USM) platform delivers complete security visibility with the essential security capabilities. Easily and efficiently configure, manage, and operate all of your security controls from a single console and one unified framework. Download a free trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/alienvault_d2d _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
