Re: A GNU “social contract†?

[Carlos O'Donell]

On Sun, Oct 27, 2019 at 6:19 PM Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> wrote:
>
> Hi Alfred,
>
> ams@gnu.org (Alfred M. Szmidt) skribis:
>
> > What GNU maintainers agree to is very small, it is only to follow the
> > policies that we have.  They don't need to go beyond that, which is
> > what "uphold" would imply.
>
> Exactly, that’s the change we’re proposing: members of the project
> (maintainers and contributors alike who want to formalize their
> affiliation with the project) would “sign” the social contract, meaning
> that they commit to upholding the values defined therein.
>
> As you note, this would be “stronger” than the current situation where
> maintainers are not expected do be willing to defend the project’s
> values.

I also think that stronger commitment from maintainers would actually
engage them more in the project.

Cheers,
Carlos.