Hello Fedora community! This post is a summary of the Fedora Council meeting that took place on Wednesday, October 22, 2025. The Fedora Council is the top-level, community-based leadership and governance body of the Fedora Project. It is responsible for the long-term strategic vision of the project and manages cross-team or project-wide concerns.
Note: AI (Google Gemini) was used to summarize the HTML log of the public meeting. I reviewed and corrected the AI-generated output before posting.
This meeting was also the last for @amoloney for some time, and the Council wished her well.
Topics discussed in this meeting were:
- Approval of the proposed AI Policy
- Discussion of the new Fedora Docs 2025 Initiative proposal
AI Policy Proposal Approved
The Council held a final discussion on the AI policy proposal, which had been under review for four weeks. The primary focus was working through a -1 vote, which halts the process.
- Concerns Addressed: @dcantrell’s concerns centered on ambiguity in the “Accountability” and “Transparency” sections of the policy.
- To address the accountability concern, @jasonbrooks suggested clarifying a sentence to read, “Contributors… are fully accountable for the entirety of these contributions.”.
- After reviewing comments on the Transparency section, @dcantrell was satisfied and changed his vote to
+1.
- Outcome: With the concerns resolved, the Council unanimously approved the latest revision of the AI policy with a vote of
(7, 0, 0). - Next Steps: The policy is effective immediately and is subject to change over time through the standard Fedora Policy Change Policy.
Action Items
- ACTION: @jflory7 and @jasonbrooks will add the new AI policy to the official Fedora policies documentation.
- ACTION: @amoloney will post a summary of the vote’s outcome to the relevant discussion threads on the mailing lists and various other community channels.
Fedora Docs 2025 Initiative Proposal
The Council discussed a proposal for a new Fedora Docs 2025 Initiative. @jflory7 is the Executive Sponsor for this effort. The goal is to improve the documentation contributor pipeline and address long-standing challenges. @pboy was present as a guest to answer questions.
- Council Support: The initiative leads noted that they need two main types of support from the Council:
- Budget: Support for travel costs to host documentation-focused workshops and meetings at events like Flock, FOSDEM, and CentOS Connect.
- Cultural Change: Help in fostering better communication and establishing routines between technical teams and the documentation team.
- Status Reporting: The Council agreed that a monthly status update on the initiative’s progress and any blockers would be beneficial. As the Executive Sponsor, @jflory7 will help facilitate these updates.
- Outcome: The Council held a preliminary vote on the initiative. The vote was overwhelmingly positive at
+5/0/-0. The work is expected to begin in November 2025.
Action Items
- ACTION: @jflory7 will rally the remaining Council members to cast their votes in the Pagure ticket to achieve full consensus.