Summary
Write a FOSS-standard GOVERNANCE.md for the repository, documenting the decision-making model, roles, and contribution process.
Motivation
The repository is a public FOSS project. Standard practice is to have a GOVERNANCE.md that tells contributors how decisions are made. This is especially important here because agents are contributors — the governance document needs to address both human and agent participation.
Steps
- Research GOVERNANCE.md conventions in comparable FOSS projects (single-maintainer/BDFL model, since emsenn is the sole authority).
- Read existing governance-relevant content: policies, the plans system, the decision records system.
- Draft GOVERNANCE.md covering: decision authority (emsenn), agent role (proposer, never approver), contribution workflow (plans, decisions, PRs), and content standards.
- Review against plan 0008 (governance discipline) to ensure consistency.
Done when
- GOVERNANCE.md exists at repository root
- Document covers decision model, roles, contribution process
- Agent role is explicitly addressed
- Consistent with governance discipline (plan 0008)
Dependencies
Plan 0008 (governance discipline) — the governance document should reflect the governance discipline’s structure, so ideally 0008 is at least drafted first.
Log
2026-03-07 — Created from TODO.md unplanned item.