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# Community Charter
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The Community Charter of the Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation
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### Preamble
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Enterprise organizations are becoming concerned with using open source software
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due to recent events where projects have changed licensing or pivoted to limit
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usage due to competition, business models, conflicts of interest, or other
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motivation.
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We do not assume the open source mindset lightly. It is not a marketing tool, or
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a business endeavor. Open source is a development model designed to engage and
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foster collaboration and usage. It is a decision which should be carefully
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considered, as it should be expected that others, including competitors, will
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make use of the technologies that are created by it.
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The Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation (RESF) has been created to organize a
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community around enterprise, research, academia, individuals, and other
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institutions to collaborate on building and maintaining the open source tools
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that these organizations need.
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Our mission is to provide the confidence and stability necessary to build on
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open source projects. Together, we can create a stable foundation of open source
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software that companies can use internally, or as the basis for their commercial
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needs.
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### Purpose
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The purpose of this document is to define the vision, mission, principles, and
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values of the Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation. We stand together,
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voluntarily accountable to this charter by our peers and the enterprise
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community at large.
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### Vision
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A community of individuals and organizations, committed to working together to
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provide a stable foundation of open source software within the enterprise.
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### Mission
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- Build a community of individuals and organizations to develop and foster
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enterprise-grade, open source solutions. - Work together to provide for the
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needs of the enterprise community. - The security, stability, and integrity of
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our projects are paramount. - Enable knowledge sharing, inclusiveness,
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collaboration, and open communication. - Coordinate with the commercial,
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research, academic, and public sectors to help bring their products,
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technologies, and support into enterprise environments. - Always make decisions
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in the best interest of the enterprise community while being beholden to no
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specific organization(s)
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### Principles
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Principles are fundamental truths, immutable, and they guide the decisions we
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make and the goals that we set. No action can be made by us that is contrary to
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the following principles:
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- Community responsibility. The Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation is
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responsible and accountable only to the community that consumes its projects.
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RESF shall be structured and governed in a way that ensures that no single
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entity, organization, corporation, association, etc. will be permitted to have a
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controlling influence over the RESF or its projects. - Our projects are free
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and open source. With few exceptions (branding, legal, etc.), the work generated
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by the RESF and its community will be released under an existing OSI permissive
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open source license (non-copyleft). - Trust is paramount. While decisions may
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sometimes need to be made that balance opposing perspectives, at all times we
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strive toward building and maintaining the overall trust such that the community
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feels confident in leveraging and standardizing on the resulting work of this
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organization for both commercial and internal usage. - Remain transparent. To
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the degree that we are reasonably able, the RESF will remain transparent to the
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community as defined by our data security policy:
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https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/rfc-data-classification-policy/1513 - Equality
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of Opportunity: The RESF will strive to build and maintain a collaborative and
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respectful environment that provides equal access to opportunities and resources
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for everyone within the community.
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### Values
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We derive our values from our principles. It is with these values in mind that
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we make decisions, always striving to make the best decision possible with the
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data we have at hand.
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- Be practical. As open source advocates, our inclination toward solving
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problems is to use tools that are themselves permissible open source, but the
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best practical solution to a problem may preclude that. We use the right tool
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for the right job. - Be reasonable. Respect is given and trust is earned. Input
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from all contributors are valued, and all perspectives are sought after and
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considered. Knowledge and righteousness does not follow seniority. - Team ahead
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of self. Sycophants are not valuable to an organization, but neither are
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contrarians. We respectfully vocalize our concerns but pull together to drive
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forward once a decision has been reached. - Enable the enterprise community.
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While we are starting with creating a stable downstream enterprise distribution
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of Linux, our goals are much broader, including attention to the needs of
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special interests, project hosting, education, collaboration, workshops,
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meetups, and individuals. - Consider the human. Rocky Linux is developed and
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supported by a wide group of diverse individuals from all walks of life. We are
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strictly apolitical and will always assume the best intentions of others.
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### Get Involved
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We welcome feedback for this charter, and we encourage participation and
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engagement from the community. As always, you can get in touch with us for this
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or other matters on our website (https://rockylinux.org), forums
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(https://forums.rockylinux.org), or through chat (https://chat.rockylinux.org).
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