# Governance

## Project Structure

Ant is currently maintained as a single-maintainer open source project.

### Maintainer

themackabu@gmail.com:

- Final decision authority on project direction
- Merge rights for all contributions
- Release management

## Decision Making

### Day-to-day Decisions

- Bug fixes and minor improvements are merged at maintainer discretion
- Feature requests are discussed in GitHub issues

### Significant Changes

For major changes (new modules, API changes, architectural decisions):

1. Open an issue or discussion for community input
2. Allow reasonable time for feedback
3. Maintainer makes final decision

## Contributions

All contributors are welcome. See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) for guidelines.

### Becoming a Maintainer

As the project grows, additional maintainers may be added based on:

- Consistent, quality contributions
- Understanding of project goals and codebase
- Demonstrated good judgment
- Alignment with project values

## Releases

- Releases are made at maintainer discretion
- Semantic versioning is followed where practical
- Breaking changes are documented in release notes

## Code of Conduct

All participants are expected to follow the [Code of Conduct](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md).

## Changes to Governance

This governance model may evolve as the project and community grow. Changes will be documented in this file.