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☁️♮🏛 This repo contains several documents related to the operation of the CNCF. File non-technical issues related to CNCF here.

☁️♮🏛Cloud Native Computing Foundation Policy Repo

This repo contains several documents related to the operation of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation.

Governance

  • The charter under which CNCF operates
  • Maintainer election policy for the maintainer-elected TOC member and the two maintainers on the governing board
  • The membership agreement
  • The Code of Conduct which has been translated into multiple languages

Project Guidance

  • Copyright notice recommendations
  • Website guidelines for mentioning companies while maintaining neutrality
  • Allowlist License Policy for which licenses are acceptable in upstream dependencies without requiring an explicit vote of the governing board

Community recommendations

  • CNCF Blog Guidelines outlining who can submit, suggested topics, and how to submit.
  • A style guide with recommendations for cloud native terminology
  • A translation guide for the Chinese equivalent of cloud native phrases

Other content

A lot of project, SIG, and TOC-related content is in the TOC repo. cncf.io has information on all programs offered publicly by CNCF.

How to request changes

You are welcome to file non-technical issues related to CNCF on this repo.