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[Rule] Roadmap [Data] “If a Governing Board member objects in good faith to a technical or release decision made by the OpenJDK Lead then that decision may be appealed via the following process.” ” JDK Release Projects may only be proposed by the OpenJDK Lead and may only be Sponsored by the Governing Board.” “Every OpenJDK Member will have the opportunity to propose features for inclusion in JDK Release Projects, and decisions about which features to include will be made in a transparent manner.” [Score] -1 [Evaluation] 
Despite being intended to ensure “that sufficient infrastructure is available to Community members” there’s no mention of how releases will be conducted – there should at least be baseline principles. There’s an appeals process, but it is only open to Board members and there’s a clear intent that the roadmap is at Oracle’s sole discretion. This especially applies to JDK releases. The nod towards transparency is a positive sign but contradicted by the appeals process. While this is all nothing new, it’s hardly “open-by-rule” so a clear -1.
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