From 0ae578ac92406515ca03f27f6dc06b4edc894791 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Stenberg Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 09:18:28 +0100 Subject: docs/GOVERNANCE: refreshed + added "donations" and "commercial support" --- docs/GOVERNANCE.md | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/GOVERNANCE.md b/docs/GOVERNANCE.md index d49358b95..81747179b 100644 --- a/docs/GOVERNANCE.md +++ b/docs/GOVERNANCE.md @@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ expects from us. There is no legal entity. The curl project is just a bunch of people scattered around the globe with the common goal to produce source code that creates -great products. +great products. We are not part of any umbrella organization and we are not +located in any specific country. We are totally independent. The copyrights in the project are owned by the individuals and organizations that wrote those parts of the code. @@ -36,6 +37,28 @@ If there is no obvious consensus, a maintainer who's knowledgeable in the specific area will take an "executive" decision that they think is the right for the project. +## Donations + +Donating plain money to curl is best done to curl's [Open Collective +fund](https://opencollective.com/curl). Open Collective is a US based +non-profit organization that holds on to funds for us. This fund is then used +for paying the curl security bug bounties, to reimburse project related +expenses etc. + +Donations to the project can also come in form of server hosting, providing +services and paying for people to work on curl related code etc. Usually, such +donations are services paid for directly by the sponsors. + +We grade sponsors in a few different levels and if they meet the criterias, +they can be mentioned on the Sponsors page on the curl web site. + +## Commercial Support + +The curl project does not do or offer commercial support. It only hosts +mailing lists, runs bug trackers etc to facilitate communication and work. + +However, Daniel works for wolfSSL and we offer commercial curl support there. + ## Key roles ### Maintainers @@ -108,8 +131,8 @@ within the area of personal expertise and experience. ### Recommendations -- please enable 2fa on your github account to reduce risk of malicious source - code tampering +- we require two-factor authentication enabled on your github account to + reduce risk of malicious source code tampering - consider enabling signed git commits for additional verification of changes ### Merge advice -- cgit v1.2.1