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-# Governance
-
-## Overview
-
-This project is governed by the following principles and structures to ensure transparent, inclusive, and effective decision-making.
-
-## Roles and Responsibilities
-
-### Maintainers
-
-Maintainers are responsible for:
-- Reviewing and merging pull requests
-- Managing releases and versioning
-- Ensuring code quality and standards
-- Triaging issues and bug reports
-- Community engagement and support
-
-### Contributors
-
-Contributors are expected to:
-- Follow the code of conduct
-- Submit well-documented pull requests
-- Write tests for new functionality
-- Maintain existing tests
-- Update documentation as needed
-
-## Decision Making
-
-### Minor Changes
-- Can be made by any maintainer
-- Include bug fixes, documentation updates, dependency updates
-
-### Major Changes
-- Require discussion in issues or pull requests
-- Include new features, architectural changes, API changes
-- Need approval from at least 2 maintainers
-
-### Breaking Changes
-- Require RFC (Request for Comments) process
-- Need approval from majority of maintainers
-- Must include migration guide
-
-## Code of Conduct
-
-All participants are expected to follow our Code of Conduct. Violations can be reported to the maintainers.
-
-## Communication
-
-- **Issues**: For bug reports and feature requests
-- **Discussions**: For questions and general discussion
-- **Pull Requests**: For code contributions
-
-## Licensing
-
-All contributions are made under the terms of the repository's LICENSE file.
-By submitting a pull request, you agree to license your contributions accordingly.
-
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-
-*Last updated: 2026-07-18*