All active members have the right to vote and are encouraged to liberally exercise this voting right in order to maintain a broad consensus on project matters.
To propose changes to project matters or the overall development direction, a formal proposal must be sent to the openwrt-adm mailing list. The proposal must clearly describe the suggested changes and include a specific deadline for when the voting period will end. A simple approval is required.
All active members who participate in the new vote or voted in the past 6 months before the new vote was started are considered active voters. If less than 3 votes occurred in the past 6 months the last 3 votes are considered to determine the active voters.
For a simple approval, the proposal must achieve a two-thirds majority among the active members who participate in the vote. Additionally, it must receive approval from at least 50% of the active voters, regardless of whether they participated in the vote.
For a change to these rules, a 75% majority among the active members who participate in the vote must approve, as well as 50% approval from the active voters.
Neutral votes are considered half-approvals.
Any votes and decisions will be made public on the project website.