From 282c0481c939df1ab809e7211bc8e8c2fdfaeb74 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2018 10:31:38 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] add Libre RISC-V Charter --- charter.mdwn | 23 +++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/charter.mdwn b/charter.mdwn index 0404f9bb8..369bcd501 100644 --- a/charter.mdwn +++ b/charter.mdwn @@ -73,19 +73,22 @@ In a "Libre" context this is often extremely hard to do, as the normal rules of profit-maximising business (do not provide goods or services until payment has been received) do not apply: our "product" - the source code - is made available at zero monetary cost. So it is down -to us to ensure that part of our time is spent ensuring that everyone -is actually rewarded, whether through contracts, sponsorship, donations, +to us to ensure that part of our time is spent making sure that everyone +*is* actually rewarded, whether through contracts, sponsorship, donations, crowd-funding and profit-sharing in the same, and so on. ## Everyone is responsible and accountable (for the "good" *and* the "bad") When we do something well, it is vital that we (alone) own and hold the -credit for that achievement. When we screw up, it is just as equally -vital that we take responsibility for cleaning up our mess, and that -nobody else is blamed *or think they own it*! In this way, two things -happen. Firstly: we can rely on each other, as we trust that the tasks -that others chose will be completed (even if they mess up a few times). -Secondly: in our chosen opportunity to grow and learn, we know and trust -that nobody will take that away from us, and that our achievements and -the credit will be ours. +credit for that achievement (nobody else takes the credit; we *accept* +the credit). When we screw up, it is just as equally vital that we take +responsibility for cleaning up our mess, and that nobody else is blamed +*or think they own it*, or tries to take it the task away from us! + +In this way, two vitally important things happen. Firstly: we can rely +on each other, as we trust that the tasks that others chose will be +completed (even if they mess up a few times). Secondly: in our chosen +opportunity to grow and learn, we know and trust that nobody will take +that away from us, and, further, that our achievements and the credit +will be ours. -- 2.30.2