Gentoo project policies

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open source community governance document software project policy framework

Gentoo project policies are the formal rules and guidelines that define how the Gentoo Linux distribution and its community are managed, developed, and organized.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Gentoo project policies canonical	2
Gentoo project documentation policies	1
Gentoo repository policies	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8703787 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Gentoo project policies
Context triple: [Gentoo Council, governsAspectOf, Gentoo project policies]

A. Gentoo QA guidelines
Gentoo QA guidelines are a set of quality assurance rules and best practices that ensure consistency, correctness, and maintainability of ebuilds and related files in the Gentoo Linux distribution.
B. Gentoo community
The Gentoo community is a global group of users and developers who collaboratively build, maintain, and support the highly customizable Gentoo Linux distribution and its ecosystem.
C. Gentoo Foundation
The Gentoo Foundation is a non-profit organization that oversees and manages the development, infrastructure, and legal affairs of the Gentoo Linux project.
D. Gentoo Wiki
Gentoo Wiki is the official community-maintained documentation resource for the Gentoo Linux distribution, providing detailed guides, tutorials, and reference material for installation, configuration, and system administration.
E. Gentoo ebuild writing guidelines
Gentoo ebuild writing guidelines are the official rules and best practices that define how software build scripts (ebuilds) must be written and maintained in the Gentoo Linux distribution.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Gentoo project policies
Target entity description: Gentoo project policies are the formal rules and guidelines that define how the Gentoo Linux distribution and its community are managed, developed, and organized.

A. Gentoo QA guidelines
Gentoo QA guidelines are a set of quality assurance rules and best practices that ensure consistency, correctness, and maintainability of ebuilds and related files in the Gentoo Linux distribution.
B. Gentoo community
The Gentoo community is a global group of users and developers who collaboratively build, maintain, and support the highly customizable Gentoo Linux distribution and its ecosystem.
C. Gentoo Foundation
The Gentoo Foundation is a non-profit organization that oversees and manages the development, infrastructure, and legal affairs of the Gentoo Linux project.
D. Gentoo Wiki
Gentoo Wiki is the official community-maintained documentation resource for the Gentoo Linux distribution, providing detailed guides, tutorials, and reference material for installation, configuration, and system administration.
E. Gentoo ebuild writing guidelines
Gentoo ebuild writing guidelines are the official rules and best practices that define how software build scripts (ebuilds) must be written and maintained in the Gentoo Linux distribution.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	open source community governance document ⓘ software project policy framework ⓘ
aimTo	ensure fairness in community processes ⓘ ensure quality of Gentoo packages ⓘ ensure sustainability of the project ⓘ ensure transparency in decision making ⓘ
appliesTo	Gentoo Linux distribution ⓘ linked to: Gentoo Linux Gentoo community ⓘ
basedOn	Gentoo Social Contract ⓘ
define	procedures for developer recruitment ⓘ procedures for developer retirement ⓘ procedures for handling conflicts ⓘ procedures for package stabilization ⓘ procedures for policy changes ⓘ procedures for security vulnerability handling ⓘ procedures for treecleaning ⓘ roles and responsibilities of council members ⓘ roles and responsibilities of developers ⓘ roles and responsibilities of project leads ⓘ
documentedOn	Gentoo Wiki ⓘ Gentoo project pages ⓘ linked to: Gentoo Wiki
govern	development processes ⓘ project management ⓘ project organization ⓘ
include	Gentoo Council policies ⓘ Gentoo Foundation policies ⓘ arch team policies ⓘ branding and logo usage policy ⓘ bugzilla usage policies ⓘ code of conduct ⓘ commit policy ⓘ copyright policy ⓘ developer policies ⓘ forums policy ⓘ infrastructure usage policy ⓘ licensing policy ⓘ mailing list policy ⓘ metadata and herds policy ⓘ package masking policy ⓘ project-specific policies ⓘ proxy-maintainer policy ⓘ recruitment policy ⓘ retirement policy ⓘ security policy ⓘ stabilization policy ⓘ treecleaning policy ⓘ user support policy ⓘ
maintainedBy	Gentoo Council ⓘ Gentoo Foundation ⓘ Gentoo project leads ⓘ linked to: Gentoo QA team
relatedTo	Gentoo Council ⓘ Gentoo Foundation ⓘ Gentoo developers ⓘ Gentoo users ⓘ linked to: Gentoo community

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gentoo Council → governsAspectOf → Gentoo project policies ⓘ

Gentoo documentation team → subjectOf → Gentoo project documentation policies ⓘ

linked to: Gentoo project policies

Gentoo QA guidelines → isPartOf → Gentoo project policies ⓘ

Gentoo ebuild writing guidelines → relatedTo → Gentoo repository policies ⓘ