From fd2fb1d1d8d65f9143ef14ccc6f8062f80e47072 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rae Lovejoy Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2026 07:14:05 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Route research stewardship review to the canonical proposal --- RESEARCH_STEWARDSHIP.md | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+) create mode 100644 RESEARCH_STEWARDSHIP.md diff --git a/RESEARCH_STEWARDSHIP.md b/RESEARCH_STEWARDSHIP.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a30d5ec --- /dev/null +++ b/RESEARCH_STEWARDSHIP.md @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +# Research stewardship — proposal route + +**Status:** routing note for a review-pending proposal; not policy adoption. +**Prepared:** 2026-10-22; AI-assisted. + +The proposed publication, licensing, attribution, and collaboration safeguards have one substantive home in `Root-Sequence/root-sequence/governance/`. + +- [Review the source proposal: root-sequence #50](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/root-sequence/pull/50). +- [Read the exact draft governance index](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/root-sequence/blob/7ebd265dd8b3aebc5039ad7f234668560d49da11/governance/README.md). +- [Inspect the preliminary public licensing baseline](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/root-sequence/blob/7ebd265dd8b3aebc5039ad7f234668560d49da11/governance/licensing-audit-2026-10-22.md). +- [Follow the implementation and decision checklist](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/root-sequence/blob/7ebd265dd8b3aebc5039ad7f234668560d49da11/governance/implementation-checklist.md). + +The exact-revision links intentionally resolve before a merge. They are snapshots, not assertions that the proposal is adopted. If the source is accepted, update this thin route to its maintained home through review; do not copy the substantive policy here. + +## Boundaries + +[Project Stewardship](PROJECT_STEWARDSHIP.md) continues to own maintenance and deterministic documentation propagation. The new proposal covers narrower research-publication and reuse decisions. Existing project-specific consent, safety, contributor, archive, and release rules remain distinct. + +Nothing here changes licenses, makes private material public, grants access, adopts another project's proposal, or appoints a governing body. Public branches and draft PRs are public. Attribution or responsible-use requests are not retroactive restrictions on CC0 material. Confidential employment/IP records do not belong in this public repository. + +The existing commons-guidance proposal in [.github #9](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/.github/pull/9) and professional-profile proposal in [.github #10](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/.github/pull/10) remain separate. This route does not edit the profile, substitute for their review, or authorize their merge. + +[Organization defaults](README.md) From 8571eb3de505c6ed8cf7c514d576905b8b70d5be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rae Lovejoy Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2026 07:14:21 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Link the research stewardship proposal without altering organization policies --- README.md | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index b593ba3..c4045de 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ The intended pattern is: - review stale/orphaned material before deletion - reconcile repositories periodically so small omissions do not accumulate +## Research stewardship — proposed + +[`RESEARCH_STEWARDSHIP.md`](RESEARCH_STEWARDSHIP.md) routes to the review-pending publication, licensing, attribution, and collaboration safeguards in the main research repository. It is a thin pointer, not a second policy home or a change to existing licenses, project authority, or release permissions. + ## Workflow template [`workflow-templates/repository-coherence.yml`](workflow-templates/repository-coherence.yml) is an organization workflow template for repositories that expose maintenance scripts such as: From 20fe610c6bb7306c49fdef107443a800f3afd303 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rae Lovejoy Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2026 13:40:34 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Refresh research stewardship links to validated draft --- RESEARCH_STEWARDSHIP.md | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/RESEARCH_STEWARDSHIP.md b/RESEARCH_STEWARDSHIP.md index a30d5ec..f2edf73 100644 --- a/RESEARCH_STEWARDSHIP.md +++ b/RESEARCH_STEWARDSHIP.md @@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ The proposed publication, licensing, attribution, and collaboration safeguards have one substantive home in `Root-Sequence/root-sequence/governance/`. - [Review the source proposal: root-sequence #50](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/root-sequence/pull/50). -- [Read the exact draft governance index](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/root-sequence/blob/7ebd265dd8b3aebc5039ad7f234668560d49da11/governance/README.md). -- [Inspect the preliminary public licensing baseline](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/root-sequence/blob/7ebd265dd8b3aebc5039ad7f234668560d49da11/governance/licensing-audit-2026-10-22.md). -- [Follow the implementation and decision checklist](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/root-sequence/blob/7ebd265dd8b3aebc5039ad7f234668560d49da11/governance/implementation-checklist.md). +- [Read the exact draft governance index](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/root-sequence/blob/8590f16c6bf8ea2fd010f9fe27be9b53006823a9/governance/README.md). +- [Inspect the preliminary public licensing baseline](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/root-sequence/blob/8590f16c6bf8ea2fd010f9fe27be9b53006823a9/governance/licensing-audit-2026-10-22.md). +- [Follow the implementation and decision checklist](https://github.com/Root-Sequence/root-sequence/blob/8590f16c6bf8ea2fd010f9fe27be9b53006823a9/governance/implementation-checklist.md). The exact-revision links intentionally resolve before a merge. They are snapshots, not assertions that the proposal is adopted. If the source is accepted, update this thin route to its maintained home through review; do not copy the substantive policy here.