Note: This document has been superseded by Declaration of Commitment to the Core Contributor Program
March 23rd, 2021
We, members of the Open edX community and contributors to the project, declare our support and attachment to the success of the Core Committer program. We want to recognize the significance of the step taken by one of us, the edX organization, to ensure the success and future of the project. It opens it further and empowers its main contributors to do more. Sharing the responsibility of a project is never an easy step to take, especially one of the size and significance of Open edX; however, the dedication and vision of many in the community thus far have shown that it is the prudent step to take.
We are honored to be trusted this way, and as the community as a whole benefits from the project’s long-term success, we will do our utmost to demonstrate the program’s worth. This is a bet on the value of empowering the community, and we are determined to show the accelerating effect it can have on contributions, and on allowing the project to reach a broader audience.
To this effect, we formally commit our organizations to increase our level of contribution to the Open edX project for at least the next two years, through our participation in the Core Committer program. Core Committers are individual contributors chosen on their own merits, but as the organizations employing them, we will allocate resources to ensure they can contribute significantly to the project.
We also enjoin other organizations, technical and educational, to join us in our pledge, and to come to contribute to the project with us. We have all spent too much time working in isolation - now is our opportunity to impact the project as a whole, together.
Signatories and commitments:
ORGANIZATION commits COMMITMENT for each of our core committers (BOSS-NAME, TITLE)
edX continues to commit to the development, expansion, and success of the Core Committer program (@JP Beaudry (Deactivated), VP of engineering)
OpenCraft commits 20h/month for each of our core committers (Xavier Antoviaque, CEO)
Raccoon Gang commits 20h/month for each of our core committers (@Sergiy Movchan , co-founder & CEO)
eduNEXT commits 20h/month for each of our core committers (@Felipe Montoya and @Juan Camilo Montoya, co-founders)
Régis Behmo commits to providing timely answers to user requests and messages, within 3 business days, outside of holidays, on the repositories for which he is a core committer.
Edly commits 20h/month for each of our core committers (Zia Fazal, Engineering Manager)
Abstract-Technology commits 20h/month for each of our core committers (@Nicole Kessler and @Stefania Trabucchi (Unlicensed) )
@Peter Pinch (MIT Open Learning) commits to being the release notes officer.
Appsembler commits to (@Nate Aune (Unlicensed), CEO):
Contribute i18n fixes for both XBlocks and edX Platform and reviewing community i18n PRs
Work on making Figures and Sultan more community-centric by incorporating product feedback loop from the community
Develop both the Introduction and Backend Open edX Engineering Onboarding courses
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To all signatories of this document - @JP Beaudry (Deactivated) @Sergiy Movchan @Felipe Montoya @Juan Camilo Montoya @Régis B. (Unlicensed) @Zia Fazal (Unlicensed) @Nicole Kessler @Stefania Trabucchi (Unlicensed) @Peter Pinch @Nate Aune (Unlicensed) :
@Xavier Antoviaque and I have revised this Declaration here: Declaration of Commitment to the Core Contributor Program with language that is inclusive of all members of the community and core contributors of all roles, not just code committers. Language specific to edX as administrator of the program has been removed in accordance with the acquisition of edX by 2U. Overall the structure and intention remain the same.
My ask is that you take a few minutes to read this revised Declaration and sign it. I will be asking that new organizations in our Core Contributor community look at the revised version and sign that one.
Thanks,
Sarina