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Overview

This document outlines a set of policies in order to provide a level playing field and open process for contributors to join the OpenFGA project.

Governance activities are currently performed manually. In the future we might use Terraform or similar technology to automate tasks, but we're currently a small team and iterating quickly - for now it makes sense to do things in a way that doesn't scale.

License

For information on the project's license, see the LICENSE.md.

Copyright

For copyright and trademark information, see Trademark Usage

Roles and Responsibilities

Members participating in the OpenFGA project have different roles and responsibilities.

  • Core members
  • Product
  • Maintainers
  • Contributors

Core

Core members are involved with the codebase and technical implementation details of the product, collaborating together on a variety of aspects such as the core server, APIs, documentation, SDKs, CLI & tooling, and more.

Responsibilities include:

  • Review RFCs (OpenFGA Request for Comments) or delegate their review to a more relevant team
  • Reach consensus and usher each RFC through the resolution process
  • Collaborate with the community to collect feedback for RFCs
  • Ensure RFCs are acceptable to maintain
  • Govern OpenFGA repos
  • PR review and merging
  • Curating releases
  • Receive security reports, triage them, and respond in accordance to the Security Policy
  • Core members are also maintainers

Secondary priorities involve collaborating with @product on the roadmap, user research, and iterating on the product experience.

Product

The @product team is focused on product value and delivering iterative improvements of the product. They govern the product roadmap, product marketing, design principles, user research, and overall product experience.

Responsibilities include:

  • Develop and iterate on the governance model
  • Review RFCs or delegate their review to a more relevant team
  • Maintain OpenFGA's design principles through the RFC review process
  • Clarify OpenFGA's design principles over time
  • Collaborate with core members to develop a roadmap that fits OpenFGA's design principles
  • Collaborate with core members and maintainers on user research
  • Iterate on the product experience

Maintainers

Maintainers consist of users who can contribute and approve PRs. They help to ensure contributions align with the project's goals, facilitate collaboration, and maintain the quality of contributions.

Responsibilities include:

  • Contribute based on backlog items
  • Review incoming PRs and ensure they meet project standards
  • Participate in discussions for features and provide feedback
  • Consult with other members to clarify requirements
  • Collaborate with the core members or other maintainers on technical feasibility and implementation details
  • Provide input to the @product team based on community feedback

Contributors

Anyone can become a contributor by contributing code, issues or ideas to the product. Any of the following activites qualify as a contribution:

  • Opening a GitHub issue to report a problem or feature request.
  • If you would like to also fix the problem, explain your proposed solution for and note that you would like to work on it.
  • Engage in a discussion with a maintainer and/or solicit community feedback.
  • After agreement how to proceed, submit a PR for review.
  • Typos, or small "one-liner" fixes do not require GitHub issues. Feel free to directly create a PR.

Governance-Related Policies and Procedures

Decisions regarding any of the processes or policies outlined in this Governance model are reached through consensus among the team members through a 66%+ supermajority unless otherwise expressly stated through the team's own processes.

Voting can be expressed through pull request review, leaving a comment, or through some other form of record - ideally permanent.

Amending the Governance Model

Nothing here is set in stone. Please improve this document as necessary. Pull requests to this process (GOVERNANCE.md) will be reviewed by the core membership and @product teams.

Contributing

We welcome contributions from the broader community! If you would like to contribute to OpenFGA, take a look at the CONTRIBUTING.md guide.

Support

If you have any questions, feedback, or ideas for OpenFGA, we would love to hear from you. Here are a few ways you can get in touch: