Update OpenWrt rules
Hauke Mehrtens
hauke at hauke-m.de
Sun Sep 14 11:13:47 PDT 2025
Hi,
We are working since some time to update the OpeWrt rules to fix the
voting problem we have with the current rules.
The current rules are on our website:
https://openwrt.org/rules
Here is the in development rule proposal:
https://github.com/hauke/OpenWrtRules/blob/main/OpenWrt%20Rules.md
Please read the new rule proposal and mention any concerns you have here
or as a PR to the repository.
We would like to start a vote on this in two weeks and it would be very
annoying if we start a discussion about some changes then, because it is
not easy to get the two third majority.
Hauke
Current proposal:
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# Proposed OpenWrt Rules - June 2025
_[Compare to the current [OpenWrt Rules](https://openwrt.org/rules)]_
_**Membership**_
* The roles within the OpenWrt project are:
active members, inactive members, and non-members.
There is no core developer group or any other
group of specially privileged members.
* Members may voluntarily switch between active and inactive status at
any time.
* If a member appears not to be participating in project matters,
any active member may request that the non-participating
member switch to inactive status.
This request must be sent by email to the person concerned,
with the openwrt-adm mailing list in CC.
If the person either agrees or does not respond within 30 days,
they will be moved to inactive status.
_**Commit access**_
* Active members can request commit access to all repositories.
* The commit credentials of inactive members are revoked.
They will be restored upon their return to active status.
_**Voting**_
* All active members have the right to vote and are encouraged
to liberally exercise this voting right in order to
maintain a broad consensus on project matters.
* To propose changes to project matters or the overall development
direction, a formal proposal must be sent to the openwrt-adm mailing
list.
The proposal must clearly describe the suggested changes
and include a specific deadline for when the voting period will end.
A simple approval is required.
* All active members who voted in the past 6 months before the new vote
was started are considered active voters. If less than 3 votes
occurred in the past 6 months the last 3 votes are considered to
determine the active voters.
* For a simple approval, the proposal must achieve a two-thirds majority
among the active members who participate in the vote.
Additionally, it must receive approval from at least 50% of the active
voters, regardless of whether they participated in the vote.
* For a change to these rules, a 75% majority among the active members
who participate in the vote must approve,
as well as 50% approval from the active voters.
* Neutral votes are considered half-approvals.
* Frequent contributors may become members after a simple approval.
Project members are free to suggest suitable candidates.
* Any votes and decisions will be made public on the project website.
_**Infrastructure**_
* Project infrastructure should be outsourced to FOSS community operated
services whenever possible in order to allow members
to focus on actual development efforts.
* Any infrastructure that is operated by the project
itself shall be administered by at least three different people
to reduce the likelihood of the project getting locked out
due to administrators being unreachable.
* Responsible administrators for the various services shall be
documented publicly.
_**Other rules**_
* The project will not offer individual email accounts
under its project domain for privacy and equality reasons.
* Be nice to each other (formerly known as "Rule 12")
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