TSC Meeting Minutes 2022-08-03

Owned by Gary Oberbrunner
Last updated: Aug 09, 2022
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Attendees

  • TSC Members: John-Paul Smith, Pierre Jasmin, Dennis Adams, Phil Barrett, Gary Oberbrunner

  • Visitors: John Mertic, Linux Foundation

Minutes

  • Meeting called to order Aug 3, 2022 at 9am EDT

  • Introductions

  • John introduces the TSC concept: small group that leads the project - roadmap, direction, "servant leadership"

    • mediate, address concerns

    • open to anyone -- invite new people when they come on board as contributors of any kind

  • Pierre: let's discuss governance model. He suggests using OSL (OpenShadingLanguage) as a model

  • John: charter is the legal doc, governance is process and policies in community. Governance is more fluid, charter is set in stone.

  • One of our goals will be to formalize the standard change/update process

  • Meeting cadence: 1x/mo is normal/ok? -- we agreed to do monthly

    • special topics per meeting is a good idea

    • Pierre suggests alternating times: morning vs. evening for Asia/Europe

  • Interactions w/ other groups:

    • TAC every-other-week meetings, someone should be there (see Michelle)

    • Annual review (for us, would be May/June 2023)

      • project updates

    • Annual events: open-source day (next week, dev audience), and "open source forum" Feb/Mar in LA around award season, executive audience

    • Every other month Sept/Nov/Jan: provide update to governing board meeting

      • chairperson

      • not too in depth

    • Pierre suggests chairperson could deputize someone to attend TAC meetings to avoid too much time spent

  • Gary volunteered as chairperson of the TSC, for now at least

  • Michelle: Here's a link to some sample TAC updates for the Governing Board : https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1l_gP5W0ju748Uu3wYTVk0yFks8bRQOd3Me6W-Cz5DAw/edit?usp=sharing

    • Metrics will come from the LFX platform and will be updated by me.

  • Infrastructure transition:

    • mailing list is set up now

    • transition Google group - John can migrate archives, then we post to the list saying it'll be archived in 2 wks, please sign up for new list

      • people need an LFID to join

    • J-P is working w/ lawyer on IP transfer and association dissolution vote

      • initial copyright will be transferred to ASWF, but other contributions owned by contributors

    • Discussion re: charter. Pierre asks to see the OSL charter (https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/foundation/blob/main/project_charters/open-shading-language-charter.md)

    • Current license is BSD 3-clause. Could/would we want to switch?

      • Resolution: don't need to switch, stick with BSD

    • Review of tech charter

      • Documentation will be under CC-Attribution 4.0, digital assets CDLA-Permissive

      • Discussion about the best license for digital assets

      • Resolution: keep as it is

      • Contributions: DCO, auto from github (via web interface), CLI have to use git commit -s 

      • Let's not require CLA, too complicated

        • CLAs typically used in industries with IP concerns, explicit patent concerns

        • companies can authorize who can contribute on their behalf

        • Resolution: we'll stick with DCO (can be changed if we ever need)

    • Next steps: execute charter and IP transfer agreements

    • github org:

      • "thelinuxfoundation" -- add as owner (Gary)

      • could keep ofxa github org, but can transfer into aswf

      • Turn on DCO checks in github settings, and add a bot (dco probot)

      • Wait until legal process is complete, then transfer github org (Gary will do this)

    • Logo discussion: we like 2b, but "less Metallica"

    • Presentation: Emily sent Zoom creds, we can send to individuals but not post widely. Here's the event registration link:

  • Meeting adjourned 10:09am EDT



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