Project governance
How individual projects make technical, release, and maintenance decisions.
Open projects need open governance.
Major decisions have an identifiable process, accountable maintainers, and a durable public record.
Process makes stewardship legible.
Decisions at the right level.
Projects remain technically independent while shared standards protect openness, continuity, and contributor trust.
Organization governance
How Newfoundcodes manages shared infrastructure, resources, and policy.
Decision records
Public records for consequential technical and organizational decisions.
Policies
Security, licensing, trademarks, contributions, conduct, and project requirements.
A clear route to long-term stewardship.
01Proposal
02Experimental
03Incubating
04Active
05Graduated