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a. The Anuket Project aims to operate as a consensus-based community, but if a TSC
decision requires a vote, the members of the TSC will vote on a one vote per member
basis.
b. The TSC shall follow the decision-making process specified in Section 3.2.3
c. Quorum for TSC meetings requires at least half (1/2) of all members of the TSC to be
present. TSC members can appoint proxies to participate on TSC meeting instead of
them as per the procedures defined in Section 3.3.2.2.
i. The TSC may continue to meet if quorum is not met but the TSC may not
make any decisions at the meeting.
ii. The TSC may continue to meet after quorum stops to be met but the TSC may
not make any further decisions at the meeting.iii. TSC members can appoint proxies to participate on TSC meeting instead ofthem as per the procedures defined in Section 3.3.2.2
d. In the event a vote by the TSC cannot resolve an issue, any member of the TSC may
refer the matter to the Series Manager for assistance in reaching a resolution.
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• Only TSC Members are eligible to vote for TSC Co-Chairs.
• The nominations period shall be open for two (2) weeks
• The newly elected or the current TSC members are the "TSC Co-chair Electors" for
annual or vacancy elections respectively
• The TSC Co-chair elections shall be conducted electronically by LFN staff among the
TSC Chair Electors
• At least two-thirds of the TSC Chair Electors are required to have voted for a valid
election
•The elections are held by using electronic voting tool based on the Condorcet methodTSC Co-chair elections shall be conducted electronically, using the Condorcet method, by LFN staff among the TSC Chair Electors
4. Compliance with Policies
a. This Charter is subject to the Series Agreement for the Anuket Project and the
Operating Agreement of LF Projects. Collaborators will comply with the policies of
LF Projects as may be adopted and amended by LF Projects, including, without
limitation the policies listed at https://lfprojects.org/policies/.
b. The TSC may adopt a code of conduct (“CoC”) for the Anuket Project, which is
subject to approval by the Series Manager. If an Anuket Project-specific CoC has not
been approved, the LF Projects Code of Conduct listed at https://lfprojects.org/policies
will apply for all Collaborators in the Anuket Project.
c. When amending or adopting a policy applicable to the Anuket Project, LF Projects
will publish such a policy, as to be amended or adopted, on its web site at least 30
days prior to such policy taking effect; provided, however, that in the case of any
amendment of the Trademark Policy or Terms of Use of LF Projects, any such
amendment is effective upon publication on LF Project’s web site.
d. All Collaborators must allow open participation from any individual or organization
meeting the requirements for contributing under this Charter and any policies adopted
for all Collaborators by the TSC, regardless of competitive interests. Put another way,
the Anuket Project community must not seek to exclude any participant based on any
criteria, requirement, or reason other than those that are reasonable and applied on a
non-discriminatory basis to all Collaborators in the Project community.
e. The Anuket Project will operate in a transparent, open, collaborative, and ethical
manner at all times. The output of all Anuket Project discussions, proposals, timelines,
decisions, and status should be made open and easily visible to all. Any potential
violations of this requirement should be reported immediately to the Series Manager.
5. Community Assets
a. LF Projects will hold title to all trade or service marks used by the Anuket Project
(“Project Trademarks”), whether based on common law or registered rights.
b. Anuket Project Trademarks will be transferred and assigned to LF Projects to hold on
behalf of the Anuket Project. Any use of any Anuket Project Trademarks by
Collaborators in the Anuket Project will be in accordance with the license from LF
Projects and inure to the benefit of LF Projects.
c. The Anuket Project will, as permitted and in accordance with such license from LF
Projects, develop and own all Anuket Project tools and social media accounts, and
domain name registrations created by the Anuket Project community.
d. Under no circumstances will LF Projects be expected or required to undertake any
action on behalf of the Anuket Project that is inconsistent with the tax-exempt status
or purpose, as applicable, of LFP, Inc. or LF Projects, LLC.
6. General Rules and Operations.
The Anuket Project will:
a. engage in the work of the Anuket Project in a professional manner consistent with
maintaining a cohesive community, while also maintaining the goodwill and esteem of
LF Projects, LFP, Inc. and other partner organizations in the open source community;
and
b. respect the rights of all trademark owners, including any branding and trademark
usage guidelines.
7. Intellectual Property Policy
a. Collaborators acknowledge that the copyright in all new contributions will be retained
by the copyright holder as independent works of authorship and that no contributor or
copyright holder will be required to assign copyrights to the Anuket Project.
b. Except as described in Section 7.c., all contributions to the Anuket Project are subject
to the following:
i. All new inbound code contributions to the Anuket Project must be made using
the Apache License, Version 2.0, available at
https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 (the “Project License”)
ii. All new inbound code contributions must also be accompanied by a Developer
Certificate of Origin (http://developercertificate.org) sign-off in the source
code system that is submitted through a TSC-approved contribution process
which will bind the authorized contributor and, if not self-employed, their
employer to the applicable license
iii. all code contributors will undertake the obligations set forth in the Anuket
corporate contributors license agreement (CCLA)
(https://wiki.anuket.io/display/HOME/Anuket+ICLA+and+CCLA#AnuketICL
AandCCLA-AnuketCCLA) or the Anuket individual contributors license
agreement (ICLA)
(https://wiki.anuket.io/display/HOME/Anuket+ICLA+and+CCLA#AnuketICL
AandCCLA-AnuketICLA)
iv. All outbound code will be made available under the Anuket Project License.
v. Documentation will be received and made available by the Anuket Project
under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (available
at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
vi. To the extent a contribution includes or consists of data, any rights in such data
shall be made available under the CDLA-Permissive 1.0 License.
vii. The Anuket Project may seek to integrate and contribute back to other open
source projects (“Upstream Projects”). In such cases, the Anuket Project will
conform to all license requirements of the Upstream Projects, including
dependencies, leveraged by the Anuket Project. Upstream Project code
contributions not stored within the Anuket Project’s main code repository will
comply with the contribution process and license terms for the applicable
Upstream Project.
c. The TSC may approve the use of an alternative license or licenses for inbound or
outbound contributions on an exception basis. To request an exception, please describe
the contribution, the alternative open source license(s), and the justification for using
an alternative open source license for the Anuket Project. License exceptions must be
approved by a two-thirds vote of the entire TSC.
d. Contributed files should contain license and copyright information, such as SPDX
short form identifiers, indicating the open source license or licenses pertaining to the
file.
8. Amendments
a. This charter may be amended by a two-thirds vote of the entire TSC and is subject to
approval by LF Projects.
b. The Anuket Project Operations and Procedures document may be amended as
provided in the respective document.