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- To support, provide, enable and promote collaboration on the development of the OpenXT Platform, that is:
- An Open-Source software development toolkit for use on modern hardware.
- An integrated body of software that provides virtualization technology with high assurance security properties that are rooted in the platform hardware.
- A collection of modular, composable software components that can be used by derivative projects as a basis to extend upon and target to their use cases.
- To organize, hold and conduct meetings, discussions and forums on issues relevant to the development of the OpenXT Platform.
- To engage with upstream software projects and contribute developments with the dual aims of increasing the use of OpenXT technologies and decreasing the specialization of OpenXT.
- To foster work that raises the security capabilities of the OpenXT Platform and upstream projects.
- To ensure that the OpenXT Current Use Cases and the OpenXT Platform Properties are maintained by the project Platform and are satisfied via the OpenXT Platform Architecture.
- To actively pursue additional Use Cases where the OpenXT technology is relevant and the attraction of additional contributors would follow from adding support for a new Use Case.
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Further detail is provided in the OpenXT Platform Properties and Layers document.
Project Governance Board
The OpenXT Project shall have a Governance Board of seven appointed individuals.
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The Board may issue a binding resolution on any decision which affects the OpenXT Project, where lazy consensus is not achievable via community dialogue, the mailing list RFC process and monthly community call. The scope of this decision-making authority includes but is not limited to:
- Platform Properties and Layers
- Project Assets
- Project Process and Workflow
- Project Governance
Changes to the composition of the Governance Board and to the Governance Documents can be proposed via the Board and Governance Changes Process defined in this document. All other changes can be proposed via the Project Changes process defined in this document.
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The board members are strongly encouraged to provide comment on the JIRA ticket with reasoning in terms of the OpenXT Platform Properties, OpenXT Platform Architecture and OpenXT Platform Security Architecture with each vote.
The Voting Process is required to conclude within two weeks of a vote being called, as determined by the metadata of the JIRA ticket. The Vote is considered final when the maximum time period has elapsed or when all votes have been accounted for, whichever is the earlier.
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Derivative Works may include or modify OpenXT Platform Components, relying on OpenXT Platform Properties to make assurances for diverse markets and use cases. Derivative Works are developed and governed independently of the OpenXT Project. Developers of Derivative Works can propose technical changes to the OpenXT Platform using the process defined by "Project Changes" in this document.
Compatible Works use OpenXT Platform Properties to make validated assurances. A list of Compatible Works and their validated assurances will be published in OpenXT Project documentation. Compatible Works are developed and governed independently of the OpenXT Project. Developers of Compatible Works can propose technical changes to the OpenXT Platform using the process defined by "Project Changes" in this document.
Appointed Governance Board Members
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The Community Conference Call is public and open to all members of the OpenXT community.
Notification of the Community Conference Call should be sent to the mailing list at a time between one week and one day prior to the call. The Notification shall include the timing of the call and the telephone access information for the call.
The Community Call will be hosted by a member of the OpenXT community.
License of this Governance Document
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