First published version of the Community SLA and Contributor Rights standard.
What’s in this release
COMMUNITY-SLA.md– a practical, project-agnostic Community SLA and Contributor Bill of Rights- Clear expectations for:
- Issue and pull request response timelines
- Code of Conduct and safety report handling
- Contributor credit and recognition
- Three adoption levels:
- Minimum – basic rights + published response targets
- Strong – active triage, contributor credit, health updates
- Gold – structured recognition and regular contributor feedback
- Licensing:
- Text and documentation licensed under CC BY 4.0 (attribution required)
This is v1.0.0 – stable enough for projects to adopt, fork, or adapt. Feedback from maintainers and contributors is welcome via issues and pull requests.