Mission stewardship
Project decisions should serve the nonprofit purpose and the public benefit of open manufacturing infrastructure.
Governance that protects the mission.
OFI's governance model is intended to protect the public-benefit mission while allowing practical collaboration with manufacturers, researchers, contributors, funders, and industry partners.
Governance records and roles
OFI will publish formal governance role information as governance records are finalized and appointments are formalized.
View Team, Board, and AdvisorsNonprofit governance
Organizational governance should protect transparency, independence, public benefit, and responsible partnership decisions.
Technical governance
Architecture, roadmap, release, and review decisions should be documented, explainable, and open to community input as the project matures.
Maintainer model
Maintainers should review contributions for quality, safety, security, documentation impact, and alignment with the project scope.
Roadmap decision-making
Roadmap priorities should be shaped by practical manufacturing needs, community feedback, security constraints, and public-benefit impact.
Contribution and review process
Contributors should be able to understand how to open issues, propose changes, receive review, and improve documentation or tests.
Security issue handling
Security concerns should be routed through a documented process that protects reporters and gives maintainers time to investigate.
Conflict of interest management
Partnerships, sponsorships, and commercial relationships should be reviewed for mission alignment and private-benefit risk.
Advisory input
Manufacturing, validation, cybersecurity, AI/ML, and research advisors can help identify real needs without controlling the public project.
Future reporting
As OFI matures, the site can support annual reports, public stewardship disclosures, project metrics, and governance reporting.
Commercial Boundary Principles
The core open-source project should remain transparent, inspectable, and community-driven. Partnerships, sponsorships, and future commercial support relationships should be reviewed for mission alignment, private-benefit risk, and community trust.
Commercial collaboration can support the mission when it strengthens the public project, improves documentation, supports security and validation-readiness work, or expands community access without converting the core project into a closed vendor product.
Project governance documents
The Factory Intelligence Platform repository includes public governance, security, contribution, support, license, and code of conduct documents.