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Good Enough 4u0

Bylaws (Outline, Hacker Edition)

File: good-enough-4u0-bylaws-outline.md

1. Membership

• Anyone can join.
• No degrees, no credentials required.
• To stay a member, you must contribute at least one Documented Substandard Design (DSD).

2. Contributions

• Every member submits one DSD: a design that is not flawless, not useless, but good enough.
• Each DSD must include:
  • The defect (what makes it substandard).
  • Documentation (enough for someone else to build it).
  • License: free for anyone, no strings attached.
• Flawless designs are forbidden.

3. Competency

• Competency = knowing the line between “good enough” and “bad.”
• Members evaluate each other’s work for judgment, not perfection.
• Failed attempts are fine; hiding failure is not.

4. Governance

• Flat structure: no hierarchy, just maintainers.
• Maintainers = members who consistently contribute and document.
• Decisions: rough consensus and running code (or parts).

5. Commons

• Everything we make is public domain / commons.
• Industry can take it, fix it, commercialize it—we don’t care.
• Our value is the shared pool of imperfect-but-useful knowledge.

6. Culture

• Celebrate imperfection.
• Share openly, document clearly, fail loudly.
• The only hard rule: don’t ship flawless.