Governance.md

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 * Consolidate code changes
 * Ensure software quality and validate bug fixes
 * Manage new versions and branches
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+## Access Rights
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+The following rules are used to assign access rights to the TOP Group and Projects on the ETSI Labs Gitlab server, for both members of Testing Task Forces assigned to develop the project, and to volunteers who have signed the Contributors License Agreement:
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+- TTF Leader and MTS Chair get Maintainer level rights to the whole TDL Open Source group, for as long as they are in these roles. 
+- Individuals or representatives of an organisation which has signed a Contributor License Agreement get Developer level access to the TOP IDE group.
+- Members of a current TTF get Developer access at TDL Open Source group level. They also get assigned Developer access to their specific TTF project. This level of access can be upgraded to Maintainer (for the TTF or for the group) if required - TTF leader to decide. 
+- Members of a closed TTF retain their Developer access to that TTF project but lose it for all other groups, unless they've signed the CLA or are on another active TTF.