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+# Keycloak Governance
+
+* [Vision](#vision) 
+* [Maintainers](#maintainers) 
+* [Contributing](#contributing)
+
+## Vision
+
+Keycloak aims to be easy to use and lightweight. The project was founded to make it easy for application developers 
+to secure modern applications and services.
+
+The 80/20 rule, that states 80% of requirements come from around 20% of use cases, is a core part of the vision behind 
+Keycloak. We strongly believe if Keycloak would support all use cases by default it would become bloated and hard to use.
+
+Keycloak aims to be opinionated and make it as easy as possible to achieve the common use cases, while still
+enabling the less common use cases through custom extensions.
+
+
+## Projects
+
+Keycloak consists of several projects:
+
+* [Keycloak](https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak) - Keycloak Server and Java adapters
+* [Keycloak Documentation](https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak-documentation) - Documentation for Keycloak
+* [Keycloak QuickStarts](https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak-quickstarts) - QuickStarts for getting started with Keycloak
+* [Keycloak Containers](https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak-containers) - Container images for Keycloak
+* [Keycloak Gatekeeper](https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak-gatekeeper) - Proxy service to secure apps and services with Keycloak
+* [Keycloak Node.js Connect](https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak-nodejs-connect) - Node.js adapter for Keycloak
+* [Keycloak Node.js Admin Client](https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak-nodejs-admin-client) - Node.js library for Keycloak Admin REST API
+
+The same governance model applies to all projects. However, the list of maintainers may vary per project. 
+
+
+## Maintainers
+
+The list of maintainers can be found in the [MAINTAINERS.md](MAINTAINERS.md) file in the repository for the individual 
+projects listed in the [Projects](#projects) section.
+
+### Maintainer Responsibilities
+
+A maintainer is someone who has shown deep knowledge of vision, features and codebase. It is their 
+responsibility to drive the project forward, encourage collaboration and contributions, and generally help the 
+community.
+
+Responsibilities of a maintainer include, but are not limited to:
+
+* Engage in design discussions
+* Actively monitor mailing lists, user forum and chat
+* Contribute high quality code
+* Maintain deep knowledge of vision, features and codebase
+* Review pull requests either personally or delegate to experts in the relevant area
+* Helping the community
+
+### Becoming a Maintainer
+
+To become a maintainer, you need to demonstrate the following:
+
+* Good understanding of vision, features and codebase
+* Contribution of larger features
+* Contribution of bug fixes
+* Participation in design discussions
+* Participation in pull request reviews
+* Ability to collaborate with the team
+* Helping the community
+
+A new maintainer must be proposed by sending an email to the [developer mailing list](https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/keycloak-dev).
+The email should include evidence of the above list.
+
+The existing maintainers will then discuss the proposal. If anyone objects or wants more information, the maintainers 
+will reach out to the nominee directly for further discussion. 
+
+For the nominee to be accepted as a maintainer at least 2/3 of existing maintainers have to approve the nominee.
+
+
+### Changes in Maintainership
+
+Maintainers can be removed if at least 2/3 of existing maintainers agree.
+
+
+## Contributing Changes
+
+The process of reviewing proposed changes differs depending of the size and impact of the change.
+
+### Minor Changes
+
+A minor change is a bug fix, a smaller enhancement or a smaller addition to existing features.
+
+To propose a minor change, simply create an issue in our [issue tracker](https://issues.jboss.org/browse/KEYCLOAK) and
+send a pull request.
+
+A maintainer will be responsible for ultimately approving the pull request. The maintainer may do a deep review of the
+pull request or delegate to an expert in the corresponding area.
+
+If the change has a bigger impact it has to follow the process for larger changes.
+
+### Larger Changes
+
+For larger changes all maintainers and contributors should have a chance of reviewing the change. This is done by
+sending an email to the [developer mailing list](https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/keycloak-dev) to start a
+discussion around the change.
+
+For new features we highly recommend creating a design proposal. There is no strict requirement of the content or layout,
+but it should at least cover motivation, use cases and how the feature will be used. A design proposal is created by
+sending a PR to [design proposals repository](https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak-community/tree/master/design).
+
+The contributor can decide to send a pull request prior to discussion on the mailing list, and the creation of a design
+proposal. However, the change will not be accepted until it has been discussed on the mailing list.
+
+If there are any objections to the change they can in most cases be resolved through discussions on the mailing list or
+on the pull request. If a resolution can not be made it can be accepted if at least 2/3 of maintainers approve the change. 
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