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Clarify TSC responsibilities/limitations in the TSC Charter
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* Development process and any coding standards.
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* Mediating technical conflicts between Collaborators or Foundation
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projects.
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* Establishing guidelines for communication by project contributors about the
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technical development processes of the project, releases and release announcements,
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technical documentation, contributor onboarding and conduct, project governance,
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and technical direction.
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The TSC will define Node.js project’s release vehicles.
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### Exclusions and limitations of TSC responsibilities
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The Foundation handles all matters related to fundraising and financial
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sponsorship on behalf of the project. The Foundation shall, on the project's
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behalf, solicit funding and financial sponsorship for the Node.js project.
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The TSC may not enter into any legal agreements.
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Specific exclusions from the communication oversight responsibilities include:
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* Brand marketing
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* Fundraising and financial sponsorship of the project (including, but not
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limited to, the OpenJS Foundation's own financial sponsorship of the project)
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* Legal matters
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All communication from the project touching on these topics must be reviewed
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and approved by the Foundation.
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All uses of OpenJS Foundation-owned trademarks and intellectual property by the
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project are subject to the [OpenJS Foundation Trademark Policy](https://trademark-policy.openjsf.org/).
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This includes use of any marks -- in full or in part -- in domain names, social
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media account handles, event names and other similar identifiers.
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The TSC may establish and administer project-specific communication channels,
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such as social media accounts and discussion forums, administered under the
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oversight of the TSC, subject to the above requirements. Should such channels
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make any use of OpenJS Foundation-owned trademarks or intellectual property, the
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channels must be capable of being administered jointly by both the TSC and the
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Foundation.
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## Section 5. Node.js Project Operations
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The TSC will establish and maintain a development process for the

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