# Astromesh Project Governance

Astromesh, this repository, and the project materials included in it are
the property of Monaccode Technology LLC, except where third-party
components remain subject to their respective licenses and ownership.

This document defines how the Astromesh project is governed.

------------------------------------------------------------------------

# Project Vision

Astromesh aims to become a **runtime platform for AI agents**, similar
to how Kubernetes became the runtime platform for containers.

The project focuses on:

• Agent execution runtime\
• Multi-model orchestration\
• Tool integration\
• Memory systems\
• RAG pipelines\
• Observability for AI systems

------------------------------------------------------------------------

# Maintainers

Maintainers are responsible for:

• Reviewing pull requests\
• Managing releases\
• Maintaining documentation\
• Ensuring project quality

Maintainers have write access to the repository.

------------------------------------------------------------------------

# Contributors

Anyone can contribute to Astromesh by:

• Opening issues\
• Submitting pull requests\
• Improving documentation\
• Proposing design changes

------------------------------------------------------------------------

# Decision Process

Major decisions follow a lightweight proposal process.

Steps:

1.  Open a GitHub Issue describing the proposal
2.  Community discussion
3.  Maintainer review
4.  Decision and merge

------------------------------------------------------------------------

# Release Process

Astromesh follows **Semantic Versioning**.

Example:

    v0.1.0
    v0.2.0
    v1.0.0

Releases include:

• Source code\
• Changelog\
• Documentation updates

------------------------------------------------------------------------

# Long-Term Direction

The Astromesh roadmap includes:

• Distributed agent runtimes\
• Kubernetes-native deployments\
• Agent mesh networking\
• Multi-agent orchestration\
• Advanced observability for AI systems

------------------------------------------------------------------------

# Community Principles

The Astromesh project values:

• Transparency\
• Open collaboration\
• High-quality engineering\
• Developer experience

------------------------------------------------------------------------

# Commercial Editions

Astromesh may offer additional products such as:

• Astromesh Enterprise\
• Astromesh Cloud

These may include proprietary components not part of the open source
distribution.
