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This repository describes the Drupal community's governance process, structure, and policies. If you're interested in specific issues regarding governance, take a look in the issue queue and add more if you'd like.

Values and Principles

The Drupal Values and Principles describe the culture and behaviors expected of members of the Drupal community to uphold. These principles inform how technical and non-technical decisions are made, in addition to how contributors and leaders can support both our community and the project. Read about our values and principles.

Governance structure

We have a number of working groups related to various aspects of the community: Drupal core, the Security Working Group, the Technical Working Group, and the Documentation Working Group, with the Project Lead as the final decision-maker:

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    A[Project Lead] --> B(Drupal Core)
    A --> C(Security Working Group)
    A --> D(Technical Working Group)
    A --> E(Documentation Working Group)

In the case of certain aspects of the community that fall under the Drupal Association's mission, however, it makes sense for this final decision-maker to be the Drupal Association, since they are ultimately responsible for the website, events, legal matters, etc. These include the Community Working Group, the Drupal.org Content Working Group, the Drupal.org Infrastructure Working Group, the Drupal.org Software Working Group, the Event Organizers Working Group and the Licensing Working Group.

flowchart LR
    A[Drupal Association] --> B(Community Working Group)
    A --> C(Drupal.org Content Working Group)
    A --> D(Drupal.org Infrastructure Working Group)
    A --> E(Drupal.org Software Working Group)
    A --> F(Event Organizers Working Group)
    A --> G(Licensing Working Group)