Membership

Software Porters Community Membership

 The Software Porters is composed of a diverse group of individuals that actively contribute to many communities and projects in OpenSolaris. 

Software Porters Community Roles

Contributor and Core Contributor role definitions and voting procedures are included in the OpenSolaris Constitution under the following articles:

• ARTICLE III. Structure, Participation, and Roles
• ARTICLE VII. Community Groups
• ARTICLE VIII. Community Group Voting Procedures

Key Community Roles

[From Article III of the OpenSolaris Constitution]

2. Contributor. A participant who has been acknowledged by one or more Community Groups as having substantively contributed toward accomplishing the tasks of that Community Group, or by the OGB for at-large contributions, shall be termed an OpenSolaris Contributor. Such designation is permanent and persists regardless of the person's current level of activity or status within the Community. A Contributor may request that their status not be published or published only in the form of a pseudonym that is unique within the Community.

3. Core Contributor. A Contributor who is an active and sustained contributor to any Community Group and accepts designation as such by said Group shall be termed a Core Contributor for said Group and granted the status of Member for the OpenSolaris Community as a whole.

Software Porting Community Contributor Qualifications

1. A community member who has substantially contributed to the Software Porting Community in one or more of the following ways:

• has ported significant amounts of software to the OpenSolaris system
• has created significant amounts of information, articles, instructions or howtos that help new and experienced porters port software to the OpenSolaris system
• constantly helps with the improvement of access to porting information
• is available for help for Software Porters via email, irc or any other communication means
• is available at events to provide workshops, help or other ways of supporting Software Porting.

Software Porters Community Core Contributor Qualifications

1. Contributes to the Software Porters Community in three or more areas as outlined in the Software Porters Community Contributor Qualifications, or an initial leader of an OpenSolaris Project sponsored by the Software Porters Community.
2. Able to actively participate in Software Porters Community discussions.
3. Able to bring forth Software Porters Community proposals and participate as needed in the proposal voting process.
4. Able to carry out any other Core Contributor duties for their entire term as outlined by the OpenSolaris Constitution.

Adding New Software Porters Community Contributors and Core Contributors

[From Article VII of the OpenSolaris Constitution]

7.7. Contributors. The Contributors of a Community Group shall include every person who has been designated by the Core Contributors of that Group to have contributed substantively to that Group's efforts, including (but not limited to) every person who has contributed intellectual property to the OpenSolaris Community as a result of those efforts.

7.8. Core Contributors. The initial Core Contributors of a Community Group shall be determined by the OGB when the Community Group is initiated; thereafter, the Core Contributors shall consist of those Participants that have accepted the Group's designation as a Core Contributor for that Group. Designation as a Core Contributor requires nomination of a Participant by an existing Core Contributor, followed by a Group decision by consensus vote to approve that designation, and finally acceptance of the designation by the Participant. Each such designation shall hold for a period of two (2) years, or until that Core Contributor's earlier resignation, removal, or death. In addition, each designation of Core Contributor status results in a grant of Member status for the OpenSolaris Community as a whole, with a duration of two (2) years from the date of said grant, as described in sections 4.2 and 4.3 above. A Core Contributor may be removed by consensus vote of the other Core Contributors or by expulsion from the OpenSolaris Community.

How to Add a Software Porting Community Contributor

1. If you would like to be registered as a Contributor or have someone nominated, send a list of Software Porters Community contributions, as outlined in the Software Porters Community Contributor Qualifications, in a private email to a Software Porters Community Contributor or Core Contributor. If you don't know their email address, send an email to the Software Porters Community discussion list and ask them to contact you off list.
2. If the Contributor or Core Contributor feels you are qualified to be a Software Porters Community Contributor, they will compose a nomination email as outlined below and post it to the Software Porters Community discussion list.
3. If after 72 hours of posting, and no -1 votes from Core Contributors have been received, the nominating member should reply to their Contributor Nomination email on the Software Porters Community discussion list announcing that the nominee has been designated a Software Porters Community Contributor and send a copy of the email to the Secretary of the OpenSolaris Governing Board and verify that the community member is added to the grant list on vote.opensolaris.org.

    From: Software Porters Community contributor or core contributor
    To: sw-porters-discuss
    Subject: Contributor Nomination for *nominee*

    As a Software Porters Community Contributor or Core Contributor, I am 
    nominating *nominee* for Software Porters Community Contributor.
    *nominee* has made the following contributions to the Software Porters 
    Community: *list of contributions*

 The Assumed voting system is being used. The nominee will be added as a Contributor in 72 hours unless a -1 vote is received from any Core Contributor. +1 votes from any community member indicate a show of support for the nomination. -1 votes indicate that the community member disagrees with the nomination.

How to Add a Software Porters Community Core Contributor

1. If you would like to be registered as a Core Contributor, send a list of your Software Porters Community contributions, as outlined in the Software Porters Community Core Contributor Qualifications and indicate how you will actively contribute to the Software Porters Community, in a private email to a Software Porters Community Core Contributor. If you don't know their email address, send an email to the Software Porters Community discussion list and ask them to contact you off list.
2. If the Core Contributor feels you are qualified to be a Software Porters Community Core Contributor, they will compose a nomination email as outlined below and post it to the Software Porters Community discussion list.
3. If after 72 hours of posting, three +1 votes from Core Contributors, and no -1 votes from Core Contributors have been received, the nominating Core Contributor should reply to their Core Contributor Nomination email on the Software Porters Community discussion list announcing that the nominee has been designated as a Software Porters Community Core Contributor and send a copy of the email to the Secretary of the OpenSolaris Governing Board and verify that the community member is added to the grant list on vote.opensolaris.org.

    From: Software Porters Community core contributor
    To: sw-porters-discuss
    Subject: Core Contributor Nomination for *nominee*

    As a Software Porters Community Core Contributor, I am nominating *nominee* 
    for Software Porters Community Core Contributor.
    *nominee* has made the following contributions to the Software Porters 
    Community: *list of contributions*

 The Consensus voting system is being used. The nominee will be added as a Core Contributor in 72 hours after receiving three or more +1 votes from current Software Porters Community Core Contributors unless a -1 vote is received from a Core Contributor. +1 votes from any community member indicate a show of support for the nomination. -1 votes indicate that the communitymember disagrees with the nomination.