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  <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
  color:white'>The Eclipse Technology Project &#8211; Top Level Project Charter &#8211; The
  Eclipse Foundation</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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  <p>...[the rest of the charter is unchanged]...</p>
  <p><b>Roles</b><br>
  The Projects under this Charter are operated as meritocracies -- the more you
  contribute, and the higher the quality of your contribution, the more you are
  allowed to do. However with this comes increased responsibility.</p>
  <p><b>Users</b><br>
  Users are the people who use the output from the Project. Output will
  typically consist of software and research. Software in this context means
  intellectual property in electronic form, including source and binary code,
  documentation, courseware, reports and papers.<span style="mso-spacerun:
  yes">&nbsp; </span></p>
  <p><b><font color="#0000FF">Contributors</font> <strike>Developers</strike></b><br>
  Users who contribute software or research become <font color="#0000FF">contributors</font>
  <strike>developers</strike>.<span
  style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; <font color="#0000FF">Contributors</font> </span><strike>Developers
  </strike> are encouraged to
  participate in the user newsgroup(s), and <strike> should monitor </strike> the developer
  mailing list associated with their area of contribution. When appropriate, developers may also contribute to development design discussions related to
  their area of contribution. <font color="#0000FF">Contributors</font> <strike>Developers
  </strike> are expected to be proactive in
  reporting problems in the bug tracking system <font color="#0000FF">and to
  supply fixes and new features via patches</font>.</p>
  <p><b>Committers</b><br>
  <font color="#0000FF">Contributors</font> <strike>Developers </strike> who has
  <font color="#0000FF">the trust of the Project's Committers</font>, can have their status
  promoted to that of a &quot;Committer&quot; for that Project <font color="#0000FF"> or
  some component of that Project</font>. A Committer has write access to the source code repository for
  the associated Project (or component) <font color="#0000FF">and/or website
  and/or bug tracking system. A Committer </font><strike>and </strike> gains voting rights allowing them
  to affect the future of the Project (or component).</p>
  <p><font color="#0000FF">How a Contributor demonstrate trustworthiness to a
  Project's Committers is defined by each Project's Committer and the PMC.
  Without restricting or requiring the Projects to follow these mechanisms, here
  are some recommended practices:&nbsp;</font></p>
  <ul>
    <li><font color="#0000FF">A Contributor can give frequent and valuable
      contributions a Project or a component of a Project, or</font></li>
    <li><font color="#0000FF">A Contributor can have a extensive public record
      of contribution to similar projects or technologies, or</font></li>
    <li><font color="#0000FF">A Contributor can be well known to be trustworthy
      to all of a Project's Committers</font></li>
  </ul>
  <p><font color="#0000FF">The process agreed on by a Project's Committers and
  the PMC must follow the Eclipse principles by being open and transparent.</font></p>
  <p>In order for a <font color="#0000FF">Contributor </font><strike>Developer</strike> to become a Committer on a particular Project
  overseen by the PMC, another Committer for the same Project (or component as
  appropriate) can nominate that <font color="#0000FF">Contributor </font><strike> Developer</strike> or the
  <font color="#0000FF">Contributor </font><strike> Developer</strike> can ask to be
  nominated. <font color="#0000FF">A nomination must include a public statement
  of why the Contributor qualifies as a Committer (e.g., URLs of their
  contributors). </font>Once a <font color="#0000FF">Contributor </font><strike> Developer</strike> is nominated, the Committers for the Project (or
  component) will vote. If there are at least 3 positive votes and no negative
  votes, the <font color="#0000FF">Contributor </font><strike> Developer</strike> is recommended to the PMC for commit privileges. If the
  PMC also approves, the <font color="#0000FF">Contributor </font><strike> Developer</strike> is converted into a Committer and given
  write access to the source code repository <font color="#0000FF">or website or
  bug reporting system</font> for that Project (or component).&nbsp;</p>
  <p>
  Becoming a Committer is a privilege that is earned by contributing and
  showing discipline and good judgment. It is a responsibility that should be
  neither given nor taken lightly<font color="#0000FF">, nor it is a right based
  on employment by an Eclipse Member company.</font></p>
  <p>At times, Committers may go inactive for a variety of reasons. The
  decision making process of the Project relies on active committers who
  respond to discussions and votes in a constructive and timely manner. The PMC
  is responsible for ensuring the smooth operation of the Project. A Committer
  that is disruptive, does not participate actively, or has been inactive for
  an extended period may have his or her commit status removed by the PMC.</p>
  <p>Active participation in the user newsgroup and the appropriate developer
  mailing lists is a responsibility of all Committers, and is critical to the
  success of the Project. Committers are required to monitor and contribute to
  the user newsgroup.</p>
  <p>Committers are required to monitor the developer mailing list associated
  with all Projects and components for which they have commit privileges. This
  is a condition of being granted commit rights to the Project or component. It
  is mandatory because committers must participate in votes (which in some
  cases require a certain minimum number of votes) and must respond to the
  mailing list in a timely fashion in order to facilitate the smooth operation
  of the Project. When a Committer is granted commit rights they will be added
  to the appropriate mailing lists. A Committer must not be unsubscribed from a
  developer mailing list unless their associated commit privileges are also
  removed.</p>
  <p>Committers are required to track, participate in, and vote on, relevant
  discussions in their associated Projects and components. There are three
  voting responses: +1 (yes), -1 (no, or veto), and 0 (abstain).</p>
  <p>Committers are responsible for proactively reporting problems in the bug
  tracking system, and annotating problem reports with status information,
  explanations, clarifications, or requests for more information from the
  submitter. Committers are responsible for updating problem reports when they
  have done work related to the problem.</p>
  <p>...[unchanged]...
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