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This document defines the nature of Libreboot's leadership structure.

Democratic governance of the Libreboot project
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In principle and in practise, Libreboot is a collectively and democratically
governed project. Any member of the public can propose anything. Our leadership
is a flat hierarchy; we have no leader!

Our core management team is open to the public; anyone can join it, if they
make substantial contributions to the project and if the current core
management team agrees. Libreboot is a *community* project.

All proposals, big or small, should be discussed and (if approved by core
management) implemented.

Information about code review can be found [on the Git section of the
website](git.md#general-code-review-guidelines).

List of members in the core management team
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In alphabetical order:

- Alyssa Rosenzweig is sysadmin and Public Relations manager.
  IRC nick **alyssa**.
- Andrew Robbins is a core developer. IRC nick **and\_who**
- Paul Kocialkowski is a core developer. IRC nick **paulk-X** 
  (**X** is variable, and changes over time)
- Leah Rowe is a core developer (and project founder). IRC nick
  **\_4of7**
- Swift Geek is a core developer. IRC nick **swiftgeek**

Generally, the people on this list have these responsibilities:

- Code review (they have merge rights on the Git repositories)
- Voting rights on all major decisions, with community input.
- System administration (where necessary) for Libreboot's infrastructure.
- Moderation of the IRC channel, mailing lists and other discussion mediums.
- Comply with the [Guidelines for Good Conduct](conduct.md)

System administration
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The following people have SSH access to libreboot.org:

- Alyssa and Leah have root access, for managing services and infrastructure
- Other people can join as system administrators, in the future

People of interest
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These people are not part of core management, but still have influence.

Other IRC channel moderators:

- IRC nick **specing** on the Libreboot IRC channel.
- IRC nick **pizzaiolo** on the Libreboot IRC channel.
- IRC nick **jxself** on the Libreboot IRC channel.

Additionally, Libreboot has a separate set of operators on the subreddit
r/libreboot. Check Reddit for more information. Actions taken by moderators
there are also subject to these management guidelines.
