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Index: en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/article.xml
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<emphasis>explicit</emphasis> approval from the respective
maintainers.</para>
</listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Conduct discussions in public or report the results of
+ discussions to public forums</para>
+ </listitem>
</orderedlist>
<para>As noted, breaking some of these rules can be grounds for
@@ -3513,6 +3518,39 @@
<para>Contact the &a.core; if you wish to take up
maintainership of an unmaintained part of the tree.</para>
</listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Conduct discussions in public or report the results of
+ discussions to public forums.</para>
+
+ <para>&os; is a trusted Open Source project because of its
+ emphasis on transparency and disclosure. Where
+ reasonable, conducting discussions in public forums is
+ encouraged (notably because there is no effort required
+ to summarize the outcome for the public). Where this is
+ not possible, due to subject mater expertise or
+ timeliness, the results of technical discussions and
+ topics should be made public so the project's working
+ memory can be enriched through a shared understanding of
+ the outcome from subject matter experts. The trade-off
+ of productivity from focused conversations vs the cost
+ of summarizing the outcome of a discussion is left to
+ the best judgement of the participants.</para>
+
+ <para>If you think something should be discussed in public,
+ suggest to the other participants to have the discussion
+ in public, or to make the summary available of a
+ discussion available so the community at large may benefit
+ from the rationale that lead up to a decision. Reminder:
+ it is not acceptable to unilaterally make a discussion or
+ summary available in a public forum without consent (e.g.
+ &a.developers; or private correspondence). In the end,
+ use good judgement to facilitate productive communication
+ practices between individuals and be mindful of our open
+ source community writ-large (including but not limited to:
+ commercial users, appliance vendors, open source
+ enthusiasts, students, and service providers).</para>
+ </listitem>
</orderedlist>
</sect2>

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