docs(governance): adopt Community Specification license framework - #163
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What changed
Implements the remaining Linux Foundation Community Specification framework work requested after #127.
Required framework files
Adds a dedicated
Governance/directory containing:CLA.md— Community Specification Contributor License Agreement, linked to TRACE's existing governance, contribution, and Code of Conduct policiesCOMMUNITY-SPECIFICATION-LICENSE.md— unmodified Community Specification License 1.0 textScope.md— TRACE's technical scope and explicit exclusions, defining the bounds of specification patent obligationsNotices.md— Code of Conduct contact, license-acceptance template, withdrawals, and patent-exclusion noticesLicense.md— file-category map for Community Specification License 1.0, Apache-2.0 source code, and CC BY 4.0 documentationGovernance follow-up
Adds the Community Specification Ways of Working due-process principles requested in the unresolved review comment on #127:
It also states that TRACE
Finalstatus is the Community Specification License'sApproved Specificationstatus and links approval to the new Scope.License consistency
Updates
LICENSE,GOVERNANCE.md,CONTRIBUTING.md,CHARTER.md, the README badges, and the v0.2 specification metadata so the repository consistently applies:Why
PR #127 adopted the LF governance structure but used Apache-2.0 for both source code and specification text. The requested Community Specification framework requires a distinct specification license, a defined technical Scope, contributor agreement, notices mechanism, and explicit license map.
Validation
python -m pytest -q: 339 passed, 1 skippedgit diff --check: cleanCommunitySpecification/Community_Specificationat commit8a05e46d768ac0525af882b619c42f3380a9e869Follow-up to #127.