No, we are not. Given the nature of the community, there is no need to establish a foundation, company, or similar legal structure. Still, even if not for the community itself, a company may be established in some cases so that teams can work more comfortably and in accordance with the law.

We do not yet have a company or official status.

To be answered separately in a post. Not because it has not been decided, but simply because it would take too long to explain here. #todo

In short, teams are units made up of people selected from within the community who have agreed to take responsibility for sakrishive’s official projects and tasks. You can find more detailed information in this post.

For now, we do not have such a plan, but we do have dedicated channels where newcomers can have introductory conversations and feel welcomed from the start. If necessary, orientation videos, PDF files, first contribution tasks, and even a “buddy” matching system can be prepared.

We have no requirements other than being over 18 years old.

It is reviewed. Multiple preselected reviewers evaluate all responses with an extremely high level of care. In our evaluations, we consider many criteria, such as language use, subtext, and the consistency of the answers given.

We reply within 14 days at the latest. Check your spam/junk folder, and if the time limit is exceeded, please do not hesitate to remind us of your application or message through the official contact channel.

Other than being a good person, members are expected to follow the principles stated on the about page.

By default, it is not required. In situations such as critical access or financial matters, role-based verification may be requested, and the data is not stored.

Yes. You can contact us with a summary, purpose, list of needs, and licensing intent. If you are not a member, we recommend becoming one, because it will be much more efficient than the other communication channels. For more detailed information about starting a project and how projects work, you can check the official project guide.

The answer varies from project to project. In some areas of some of our projects, we accept contributions from anyone without requiring membership, while in others the project coordinator places those who want to contribute into teams, and only members within the relevant teams can contribute. You can learn which areas of a project are open to contribution on the projects page.

Contributions such as documentation, testing, translation, or small bug fixes are possible. On the projects page, everything each project needs is written out clearly and completely.

This depends entirely on the owner of the project. If they have left their contact information, we recommend reaching out to them.

In member projects, the owner of the project makes all decisions. In sakrishive projects, the project coordinator may make decisions together with the team.

This may vary depending on the project and the content. On this matter, we take a good-faith approach as our basis. To give a short summary:

Unless explicitly agreed otherwise, the copyright of a piece of content or a project belongs to the person who produced it. As long as the copyright holder contacts us, they may request the removal of content published on our site.

sakrishive projects, however, belong directly to the community and are managed in line with the decisions made within the community.

For much more detailed information, you can read our article about project licenses.

The community operates entirely online.

For now, we use an application called Signal, but in the future we will move to our own infrastructure.

Asynchronous work is the basis: written decisions, task lists, and clear documentation. If there are meetings, balance is maintained through rotating times and sharing notes.

Although organizing events is not our priority, we do hold events such as game jams, hackathons, discussion and conversation nights, live streams, idea development sessions, and computer games/TTRPG days, both to spread our name and to strengthen our communication.

Project decisions are made by those who are active in the project. For core decisions at the community level, there is a core team or selected responsible individuals. Every decision made regarding the community and projects is included on the reports page and is open to questioning.

Yes. Sponsors can reach us by emailing us. For donations, you can check our donation page.

Incoming support and expenses are reported periodically on our reports page. Support does not buy decisions.

Alignment of values, security, transparency, and concrete benefit to members. Offers that try to turn the community into a PR tool are rejected.