by laws: remove the necessity for the OMC to invite committers and OTC members.

It would be better if these invitations come from the OTC which does the
nominations.

Reviewed-by: Matt Caswell <matt@openssl.org>
Reviewed-by: Mark J. Cox <mark@awe.com>
Reviewed-by: Tim Hudson <tjh@openssl.org>
Reviewed-by: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
Reviewed-by: Matthias St. Pierre <Matthias.St.Pierre@ncp-e.com>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/207)

diff --git a/policies/omc-bylaws.html b/policies/omc-bylaws.html
index c351999c7976d244b7d1226b2d9d790bbc8f77bf..8296f60692e13d5f9cf5d3dc8a445962b3b88a65 100644 (file)
--- a/policies/omc-bylaws.html
+++ b/policies/omc-bylaws.html
@@ -49,8 +49,9 @@
           <p>Committers also have a responsibility to review code submissions in
           accordance with OpenSSL project policies and procedures.</p>
 
-          <p>Commit access is granted as a result of a vote by the OMC. It may
-          be withdrawn at any time by a vote of the OMC.</p>
+          <p>Commit access is granted by invitation from the OTC and requires
+          a prior OMC vote of acceptance. It may be withdrawn at any time by
+          a vote of the OMC.</p>
 
           <p>A condition of commit access is that the committer has signed an
           Individual Contributor Licence Agreement (ICLA). If contributions may
@@ -221,10 +222,11 @@
             manner;</li>
           </ul>
 
-          <p>Membership of the OTC is by invitation only from the OMC.
-          OTC members must be committers and hence all rules that apply to committers also apply.
-          OTC members may be OMC members and in which case all rules that apply to OMC members
-          also apply.</p>
+          <p>Membership of the OTC is by invitation from the OTC and requires
+          a prior OMC vote of acceptance. OTC members must be committers and
+          hence all rules that apply to committers also apply.
+          OTC members may be OMC members and in which case all rules that apply
+          to OMC members also apply.</p>
 
           <p>The OTC makes technical decisions on behalf of the project based on
           requirements specified by the OMC. In order to have