1- # Main Governance Document
1+ # Project governance
22
33The official version of this document, along with a list of
44individuals and institutions in the roles defined in the governance
5- section below, is contained in The Project Governance Repository at:
5+ section below, is contained in the
6+ [ Project governance] ( https://pandas.pydata.org/about/governance.html )
7+ page of the pandas website.
68
7- [ https://github.com/pydata/pandas-governance ] ( https://github.com/pydata/pandas-governance )
8-
9- The Project
10- ===========
9+ ## The Project
1110
1211The pandas Project (The Project) is an open source software project affiliated
1312with the 501(c)3 NumFOCUS Foundation. The goal of The Project is to develop open
1413source software for data ingest, data preparation, data analysis, and data
1514visualization for the Python programming language. The Software developed by
1615The Project is released under the BSD (or similar) open source license,
17- developed openly and hosted in public GitHub repositories under the [ PyData
18- GitHub organization] ( https://github.com/pydata ) . Examples of Project Software
19- include the main pandas code repository, pandas-website, and the
20- pandas-datareader add-on library.
16+ developed openly and hosted in public GitHub repositories under the [ pandas
17+ GitHub organization] ( https://github.com/pandas-dev ) . Examples of Project Software
18+ include the main pandas code repository and the pandas-stubs library.
2119
2220Through its affiliation with NumFOCUS, The Project has the right to receive
2321tax-deductible donations in the United States of America.
@@ -34,7 +32,7 @@ transparency.
3432
3533Here is a list of the current Contributors to the main pandas repository:
3634
37- [ https://github.com/pydata /pandas/graphs/contributors ] ( https://github.com/pydata /pandas/graphs/contributors )
35+ [ https://github.com/pandas-dev /pandas/graphs/contributors ] ( https://github.com/pandas-dev /pandas/graphs/contributors )
3836
3937There are also many other Contributors listed in the logs of other repositories of
4038the pandas project.
@@ -45,14 +43,13 @@ Community and we strive to keep the barrier between Contributors and Users as
4543low as possible.
4644
4745The Project is formally affiliated with the 501(c)3 NumFOCUS Foundation
48- ([ http ://numfocus.org] ( http ://numfocus.org) ), which serves as its fiscal
46+ ([ https ://numfocus.org] ( https ://numfocus.org) ), which serves as its fiscal
4947sponsor, may hold project trademarks and other intellectual property, helps
5048manage project donations and acts as a parent legal entity. NumFOCUS is the
5149only legal entity that has a formal relationship with the project (see
5250Institutional Partners section below).
5351
54- Governance
55- ==========
52+ ## Governance
5653
5754This section describes the governance and leadership model of The Project.
5855
@@ -76,8 +73,7 @@ need for a more formal governance model. Moving forward The Project leadership
7673will consist of a BDFL and Core Team. We view this governance model as the
7774formalization of what we are already doing, rather than a change in direction.
7875
79- BDFL
80- ----
76+ ### BDFL
8177
8278The Project will have a BDFL (Benevolent Dictator for Life), who is currently
8379Wes McKinney. As Dictator, the BDFL has the authority to make all final
@@ -103,8 +99,7 @@ vote. If no BDFL candidate receives 2/3 of the votes of the Core Team, the Core
10399Team members shall propose the BDFL candidates to the Main NumFOCUS board, who
104100will then make the final decision.
105101
106- Core Team
107- ---------
102+ ### Core Team
108103
109104The Project's Core Team will consist of Project Contributors who have produced
110105contributions that are substantial in quality and quantity, and sustained over
@@ -238,8 +233,7 @@ interactions with NumFOCUS.
238233 employment or contracting work (including the reportee, i.e. the reportee + 1
239234 is the max). This avoids effective majorities resting on one person.
240235
241- Institutional Partners and Funding
242- ==================================
236+ ## Institutional Partners and Funding
243237
244238The BDFL and Core Team are the primary leadership for the project. No outside
245239institution, individual or legal entity has the ability to own, control, usurp
@@ -300,23 +294,20 @@ Institutional Partners, with associated benefits:
300294
301295** Tier 2** = an institution with at least one Institutional Contributor
302296
303- Breach
304- ======
297+ ## Breach
305298
306299Non-compliance with the terms of the governance documents shall be reported to
307300the Core Team either through public or private channels as deemed appropriate.
308301
309- Changing the Governance Documents
310- =================================
302+ ## Changing the Governance
311303
312- Changes to the governance documents are submitted via a GitHub pull request to
313- The Project's governance documents GitHub repository at
314- [ https://github.com/pydata/pandas-governance ] ( https://github.com/pydata/pandas-governance ) .
304+ Changes to the governance are submitted via a GitHub pull request to The Project's
305+ [ governance page] ( https://github.com/pandas-dev/pandas/blob/main/web/pandas/about/governance.md ) .
315306The pull request is then refined in response to public comment and review, with
316307the goal being consensus in the community. After this open period, a Core Team
317308Member proposes to the Core Team that the changes be ratified and the pull
318309request merged (accepting the proposed changes) or proposes that the pull
319- request be closed without merging (rejecting the proposed changes). The Member
310+ request be closed without merging (rejecting the proposed changes). The Member
320311should state the final commit hash in the pull request being proposed for
321312acceptance or rejection and briefly summarize the pull request. A minimum of
32231380% of the Core Team must vote and at least 2/3 of the votes must be positive
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