org/constitution/README.md

# Statuts Mageia.Org / Mageia.Org Constitution

Mageia.org constitution ("Statuts" in French) were written and registered
in Paris, France in Fall 2010.

The reference version is the French one, available in mageia.org\_statutes_fr.md

This is the master version of the constitution of the association.
All other reprints should match and keep updated against this one,
hosted under [http://svn.mageia.org/svn/org/constitution/](http://svn.mageia.org/svn/org/constitution/).

You will find a reference to it from
[http://www.mageia.org/en/about/constitution/](http://www.mageia.org/en/about/constitution/) as well.

An English version of is made available for a larger reception of it in mageia.org\_statutes_en.md

Both are formatted in MarkDown.

We will try to maintain the English version as updates occur.

## How to propose an update

* post your change proposal patch against the current final version to
  board-public@ml.mageia.org with the rationale behind the change.
* the change will be discussed and approved/rejected by the board
  after public consideration.

## How to maintain updates

* keep a full copy of the current version of the constitution
  in old/YYYY-MM-DD-mageia.org\_statutes_fr.md
* keep a full copy of the new patch to apply in old/YYYY-MM-DD-patch_{summary}.
  This patch must contain the rationale copy in its headers.
* apply the patch to the mageia.org\_statutes_fr.md
* same for the English version of course.
* please use appropriate tools to do that.

1	# Statuts Mageia.Org / Mageia.Org Constitution
2
3	Mageia.org constitution ("Statuts" in French) were written and registered
4	in Paris, France in Fall 2010.
5
6	The reference version is the French one, available in mageia.org\_statutes_fr.md
7
8	This is the master version of the constitution of the association.
9	All other reprints should match and keep updated against this one,
10	hosted under [http://svn.mageia.org/svn/org/constitution/](http://svn.mageia.org/svn/org/constitution/).
11
12	You will find a reference to it from
13	[http://www.mageia.org/en/about/constitution/](http://www.mageia.org/en/about/constitution/) as well.
14
15	An English version of is made available for a larger reception of it in mageia.org\_statutes_en.md
16
17	Both are formatted in MarkDown.
18
19	We will try to maintain the English version as updates occur.
20
21	## How to propose an update
22
23	* post your change proposal patch against the current final version to
24	board-public@ml.mageia.org with the rationale behind the change.
25	* the change will be discussed and approved/rejected by the board
26	after public consideration.
27
28	## How to maintain updates
29
30	* keep a full copy of the current version of the constitution
31	in old/YYYY-MM-DD-mageia.org\_statutes_fr.md
32	* keep a full copy of the new patch to apply in old/YYYY-MM-DD-patch_{summary}.
33	This patch must contain the rationale copy in its headers.
34	* apply the patch to the mageia.org\_statutes_fr.md
35	* same for the English version of course.
36	* please use appropriate tools to do that.
37