diff --git a/reference/opens.rst b/reference/opens.rst index 8f740f52b..942e17d5f 100644 --- a/reference/opens.rst +++ b/reference/opens.rst @@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ to the public**, include users, developers, and upstream projects. We gather requirements and produce an approved roadmap used to guide development for the next six months. +The community controls the design process. You can help make this software +meet your needs. + Open Development ---------------- @@ -43,15 +46,8 @@ community. Most decisions are made using a `lazy consensus `_ model. All processes are documented, open and transparent. -We follow those principles: +The technical governance of the project is a community meritocracy with +contributors electing technical leads and members of the Technical Committee. -* **The community controls the design process.** You can help make this - software meet your needs. -* **The technical governance of the project is a community meritocracy** with - contributors electing technical leads and members of the Technical Committee. -* **This will always be truly free software.** We will never purposefully - limit the functionality or scalability of the software to try and sell you - an "enterprise" version -* **All project meetings are held in public IRC channels and recorded.** -* **Additional technical communication is through public mailing lists and is - archived.** +All project meetings are held in public IRC channels and recorded. Additional +technical communication is through public mailing lists and is archived.