From d010df951855ce07bfd1c3a59a7ef7e765e7d6fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Johannes Marbach Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2025 20:56:25 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Make disclosure of conflicts of interest mandatory Fixes: #1700 Signed-off-by: Johannes Marbach --- content/proposals.md | 16 +++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/content/proposals.md b/content/proposals.md index b58a98be..9938363d 100644 --- a/content/proposals.md +++ b/content/proposals.md @@ -79,6 +79,19 @@ Please [see MSC1779](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals/blob/main/proposals/1779-open-governance.md) for full details of the project's Guiding Principles. +For the purposes of transparency and to underpin the "greater benefit" +principle, proposals MUST disclose possible conflicts of interest where +they might reasonably exist. Authors MAY do this by filling out the +following checklist and publishing it together with their proposal. + +``` +- [ ] I am being paid for working on this proposal by +- [ ] I am an employee or member of which is involved in the Matrix ecosystem +- [ ] I have another relationship that might appear to be a conflict of interest:
+- [ ] I have some other type of financial interest in Matrix or this proposal:
+- [ ] None of the above +``` + ## Technical notes Proposals **must** develop Matrix as a layered protocol: with new @@ -193,7 +206,8 @@ is as follows: filename that follows the format `1234-my-new-proposal.md` where `1234` is the MSC ID. - Your PR description must include a link to the rendered Markdown - document and a summary of the proposal. + document and a disclosure of potential conflicts of interest where + they might reasonably apply. - It is often very helpful to link any related MSCs or [matrix-spec issues](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec/issues) to give context for the proposal.