Summary of Gentoo council meeting 9 Septemper 2018

Agenda
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1. Roll call
2. Proposal to accept GLEP 76 "Copyright Policy"
3. Open bugs with council involvement
   - bug #637328: GLEP 14 needs to be updated
   - bug #642072: Joint venture to deal with copyright issues
   - bug #663466: Please review the latest Code of Conduct changes
4. Open floor

Roll call
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7 attendees: dilfridge, k_f, leio, slyfox, ulm, whissi, williamh

Proposal to accept GLEP 76 "Copyright Policy"
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Main changes are:

- Copyright line will change from "Gentoo Foundation" to
  "Gentoo Authors" (or explicit list of authors).
- All commits will be required to have a Signed-off-by line certifying
  their origin, and that they're free software (or a license file)

Clarifying notes:

- ::gentoo repository should use generic "Gentoo Authors" as authorship
  is complicated (many committers).
- 'Signed-off-by' tags on commit messages is both the authors and
  committers tracker.
- No sudden change to ::gentoo repository will happen. Copyright update will
  happen gradually.
- Fully autogenerated files can use CC0 or CC-PDM license without
  a copyright header.
- licenses/ directory changes are to be covered by Gentoo's DCO.
- Pseudonymous / anonymous contributions would have to be proxied to
  ::gentoo by a committer with real name.

Votes: 7 yes.

Passed council, now waiting on trustees vote.

References:
    https://www.gentoo.org/glep/glep-0076.html
    https://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-project/message/733d402088fe09685660363450a04692

Open bugs with council involvement
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- bug #637328: GLEP 14 needs to be updated.

  Update by security@ team:
  """Its progressing, we have an almost final version circulating
  internally. Hopefully next [security team] meeting we will vote."""

- bug #642072: Joint venture to deal with copyright issues

  Progressing. GLEP 76 "Copyright Policy" was accepted by council@.

- bug #663466: Please review the latest Code of Conduct changes

  Tl;DR: add proctors@ to escalation path for Code of Conduct
  violations as mediators before escalation to comrel@.

  Motion: approve changes of https://wiki.gentoo.org/index.php?title=Project:Council/Code_of_conduct&diff=727730&oldid=723544
  and https://bugs.gentoo.org/663466#c6 to code of conduct.

  Clarifying notes:

  - Both diffs of a document in a single place:
    https://wiki.gentoo.org/index.php?title=User%3ADilfridge%2FCoC&type=revision&diff=732428&oldid=633448
  - More on proctors@ scope: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Proctors

  Votes: 2 no, 4 yes, 1 abstain.

  Passed.

References:
    https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Council#Open_bugs_with_Council_participation
    https://bugs.gentoo.org/637328
    https://bugs.gentoo.org/642072
    https://bugs.gentoo.org/663466
    https://wiki.gentoo.org/index.php?title=Project:Council/Code_of_conduct&diff=727730&oldid=723544
    https://bugs.gentoo.org/663466#c6
    https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Proctors
    https://wiki.gentoo.org/index.php?title=User%3ADilfridge%2FCoC&type=revision&diff=732428&oldid=633448

Open floor
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- Discussion of motion pass criteria

  Would "2 no/3 yes/2 abstain" pass or we need majority?

  https://www.gentoo.org/glep/glep-0039.html states:
  """ Council decisions are by majority vote of those who show up (or
  their proxies)."""

  There are a few interpretations:

  1. majority of members present:
     3 < 4 and motion is not passed

  2. simple majority
     motion is passed (3 > 2)

  Gentoo used [2.]: majority of members to cast the vote. To be clarified.