Situation
There have been very long discussions about relicensing Forgejo:
Many thoughts, opinions, points of view, and tensions.
Does anyone among the Forgejo developers have an intuition about how to proceed?
If not, here's my proposal offering to help move this decision forward.
Question
Which license model for Forgejo would most serve the project's purpose and values, now and in foreseeable future?
Proposal
Gather a small group of trusted people, who will design and execute a process for the community to decide about the license. This small group will figure out a way to move forward, based on the discussions that happened so far.
I will be the default facilitator of this group's meetings.
Time commitment: 3 weekly audio/video meetings of 90 minutes each (we'll pick weekday and hour once the group is gathered
Group size: Best is 3-4 people (including me), we can have more if we struggle to find 3-4 people that everyone trusts with this
I'd like to have in this small trusted group:
- At least 1 person who's a core contributor of tech/code to Forgejo
- At least 1 person who's familiar with Free Software license options and their impacts and cares about this topic
- At least 1 person who deeply cares about this project and its future, someone investing time and energy in it
- At least 1 person who has participated in the discussions and has a sense of the various concerns about the various options
- At least 2 people with strong opposite opinions
- At least 1 person who isn't triggered by the licensing question, who is able to see the various concerns and support distilling them into a non-controversial summary
How to self-assess whether to be in the small group:
- You match at least one of the criteria I just listed, and/or you're passionate about the licensing decision
- You're motivated and able to meet via audio/video (or using Jitsi's text chat, if you think it can work for you and still support the group's efficiency)
- You're willing to do this in service of the project, i.e. the focus is on hearing the various concerns and opinions in the community and finding a path forward, rather than just expressing your own voice and opinions
- You're interested in practicing leadership and developing a leadership mindset and skill, i.e. seeing the whole and creating the underlying conditions needed for the project to achieve its purpose
Once a group is gathered, we'll wait a bit to make sure everyone else (who is impacted by the license decision) approves the group and has time to raise concerns.
To clarify: This small group will NOT make the decision about the license. It will only figure out a PATH FORWARD to bring the decision to a conclusion.
Request
About approval/concern:
- If you're comfortable with this proposal and approving it, react with 👍
- If you have any concern, comment below
- If you're a core contributor to Forgejo, participated in the license discussions, and you already see a clear path forward and consider this proposal unnecessary, please comment
About forming the small trusted group:
- If you'd like to be in the small group (or willing, in connection with the project's purpose and its importance for you), please comment and briefly (1-2 senetences) explain why, based on the hints I wrote above (this is to help me make sure we create a diverse group with the various roles/skills/impacts covered)
- If you believe there's someone else in the Forgejo team/community who should be in the group but hasn't yet offered themselves, please either @mention them or ask them on Matrix to consider being in the small group
# Situation
There have been very long discussions about relicensing Forgejo:
- https://codeberg.org/forgejo/meta/issues/86
- https://codeberg.org/forgejo/meta/issues/183
Many thoughts, opinions, points of view, and tensions.
Does anyone among the Forgejo developers have an intuition about how to proceed?
If not, here's my proposal offering to help move this decision forward.
# Question
Which license model for Forgejo would most serve the project's purpose and values, now and in foreseeable future?
# Proposal
Gather a small group of trusted people, who will design and execute a process for the community to decide about the license. This small group will figure out a way to move forward, based on the discussions that happened so far.
I will be the default facilitator of this group's meetings.
Time commitment: 3 weekly audio/video meetings of 90 minutes each (we'll pick weekday and hour once the group is gathered
Group size: Best is 3-4 people (including me), we can have more if we struggle to find 3-4 people that everyone trusts with this
I'd like to have in this small trusted group:
- At least 1 person who's a core contributor of tech/code to Forgejo
- At least 1 person who's familiar with Free Software license options and their impacts and cares about this topic
- At least 1 person who deeply cares about this project and its future, someone investing time and energy in it
- At least 1 person who has participated in the discussions and has a sense of the various concerns about the various options
- At least 2 people with strong opposite opinions
- At least 1 person who isn't triggered by the licensing question, who is able to see the various concerns and support distilling them into a non-controversial summary
How to self-assess whether to be in the small group:
- You match at least one of the criteria I just listed, and/or you're passionate about the licensing decision
- You're motivated and able to meet via audio/video (or using Jitsi's text chat, if you think it can work for you and still support the group's efficiency)
- You're willing to do this in *service* of the project, i.e. the focus is on *hearing the various concerns and opinions in the community* and finding a path forward, rather than just expressing your own voice and opinions
- You're interested in practicing leadership and developing a leadership mindset and skill, i.e. seeing the whole and creating the underlying conditions needed for the project to achieve its purpose
Once a group is gathered, we'll wait a bit to make sure everyone else (who is impacted by the license decision) approves the group and has time to raise concerns.
To clarify: This small group will NOT make the decision about the license. It will only figure out a PATH FORWARD to bring the decision to a conclusion.
# Request
About approval/concern:
- If you're **comfortable** with this proposal and approving it, react with 👍
- If you have any **concern**, comment below
- If you're a core contributor to Forgejo, participated in the license discussions, and you already see a **clear path forward** and consider this proposal unnecessary, please comment
About forming the small trusted group:
- If you'd like to **be in the small group** (or willing, in connection with the project's purpose and its importance for you), please comment and briefly (1-2 senetences) explain why, based on the hints I wrote above (this is to help me make sure we create a diverse group with the various roles/skills/impacts covered)
- If you believe there's **someone else** in the Forgejo team/community who should be in the group but hasn't yet offered themselves, please either @mention them or ask them on Matrix to consider being in the small group