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-# Octave Governance
+---
+layout: page
+title: Governance
+icon: <i class="fas fa-landmark"></i>
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+permalink: governance
+---
 
 This page should clarify about the various entities and actors around the GNU Octave programming language.
 
-## GNU Octave
+### GNU Octave
 
-The GNU Octave project was initialized 1992 by **John W. Eaton** <jwe@octave.org>.
-It consists of [some code](https://www.octave.org/hg/octave)
+The **GNU Octave** project was initialized 1992 by
+[John W. Eaton &lt;jwe@octave.org&gt;](mailto:jwe@octave.org).
+It consists of a
+[software source code repository](https://www.octave.org/hg/octave)
 and a community of people who work on that code.
 The most clear cut line that can be drawn is that there is a
 [set of people](https://savannah.gnu.org/project/memberlist.php?group=octave)
-who have commit access to the GNU Octave Savannah project:
+who have commit access to the source code repository:
 there are currently 24 committers (10 active and 14 dormant).
-This set of people doesn’t really define the project, however,
-since there are many people who are prolific contributors to the GNU Octave
-ecosystem but who do not have
+This set of people doesn’t really define the entire project.
+Additionally, there are many people who are prolific contributors
+to the GNU Octave ecosystem but who do not have
 “[commit bit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committer#Commit_bit).”
 The communal nature of open-source makes it difficult to precisely define
 where the GNU Octave project ends and the greater community begins,
 which is exactly how we like it.
+Finally,
+most development and donation spending decisions are made by or agreed with
+John W. Eaton.
 
-Until the present day,
-most final development decisions are made or agreed with by John W. Eaton.
-
-## Free Software Foundation (FSF)
+### Free Software Foundation (FSF)
 
 The FSF <https://www.fsf.org/> is a US 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization
 promoting computer user freedom.
+With the help of the FSF,
+both individuals and corporations have the opportunity to
+[donate to the GNU Octave project](https://my.fsf.org/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=10).
 
-With the help of the FSF, both indivials and corporations have the opportunity to
-[donate to the GNU Octave project](https://my.fsf.org/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=10).
 Despite the free usage of the FSF infrastructure for distributing
-the GNU Octave source code.
+the GNU Octave source code,
+the project does not receive any direct or indirect
+monetary funding by the FSF.
 
-The GNU Octave project does not receive any direct or indirect
-monetary fundings by the FSF.
-
-## Related Organizations With No Governance Role
+### Related organizations with no governance role
 
 There are organizations that people sometimes mistakenly believe
 have some kind of official control over the GNU Octave project.
@@ -45,14 +53,14 @@
 nor any governance capacity with respect to the project.
 Individuals who have some control over the project
 and happen to belong to these organizations,
-have that control as individuals and not as members of those organizations
-and takes the separation of those roles quite seriously.
+have that control as individuals and not as members of those organizations.
+Those individuals take the separation of those roles quite seriously.
 
-### Octave Forge and Octave Packages
+#### Octave Forge and Octave Packages
 
 **Octave Forge** <https://octave.sourceforge.io/> is the former collection
-of software packages, that can be easily installed and used in GNU Octave.
-The Octave Sourceforge project was initiated in 2000
+of software packages, that can be easily installed and used with GNU Octave.
+The Octave SourceForge project was initiated in 2000
 and active development stopped in 2018.
 New packages are not accepted, but existing packages are still maintained.
 The project lists [56 members](https://sourceforge.net/p/octave/_members/)
@@ -60,26 +68,25 @@
 but not the source code of GNU Octave itself.
 
 **Octave Packages** <https://gnu-octave.github.io/packages/> is another
-collection of Octave packages and intended as the successor of **Octave Forge**.
-New packages are accepted here and the development is independent of GNU Octave itself.
-Until today full support by Octave's package manager is not given, however,
-it is a fully functional index for Octave packages.
+collection of Octave packages and intended successor of **Octave Forge**.
+New packages are accepted here and the development of Octave packages
+is independent of GNU Octave itself.
 
-### GitHub Organization
+#### GitHub Organization
 
 The GitHub Organization <https://github.com/gnu-octave/>
 was established around 2020.
 It is a loose connection of currently
 [27 members](https://github.com/orgs/gnu-octave/people)
 (10 active and 14 dormant)
-developing software intended to be used with GNU Octave,
+developing software intended to be used with GNU Octave
+(including **Octave Packages**),
 but not the source code of GNU Octave itself.
 
-## Questions
+### Questions
 
-If you have questions about GNU Octave's governance structure,
-please reach out via email to <jwe@octave.org>.
+If you have any questions about GNU Octave's governance structure,
+please reach out via email to [John W. Eaton &lt;jwe@octave.org&gt;](mailto:jwe@octave.org).
 
 
 This page is inspired by the [JuliaLang project](https://julialang.org/governance/).
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