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[stable15] add section on moving into our organization
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* App authors must provide means to contact them, be it through a bug tracker, forum or mail.
Apps which break the guidelines will lose their 'approved' or 'official' state; and might be blocked from the app store altogether. This also has repercussions for the author, especially in case of security concerns, he/she might find themselves blocked from submitting applications.
Moving your repo to the Nextcloud organization
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We're always delighted to hear app developers are interested in moving their app to the Nextcloud organization at `github.com/nextcloud <https://github.com/nextcloud>`_! There are benefits for users and developers in being there. However, it comes with some requirements as well.
Benefits
^^^^^^^^
* You can use the tools and bots we have set up, including translations and such
* Everybody in the Nextcloud organization can contribute more easily
* Your visibility to app developers increases
* Users can expect apps in our project to be better maintained
Requirements
^^^^^^^^^^^^
To deliver on the promises above, we have two simple rules.
* You work and communicate according to the values of our `Code of Conduct <../general/code-of-conduct.html>`_
* When you are no longer active, our admins can decide to hand over maintainership to another contributor
We want to make sure that when you find other things in life which are more urgent or otherwise are unable to help your project anymore, it does not become 'dead code' as long as there are people who want to keep it alive. This is not fair to users, who would be forced to remove the app and install another.
Please note that the role of a maintainer is not to be the most active or prolific contributor to a project! Being friendly, welcoming and responsive are what it takes to be a successful maintainer. Not being the most brilliant developer ever, or spending nights and weekends coding!
The goal of these rules is simple: help your project be more successful. We also suggest you watch this talk by `Jan about building a great community. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtAoRIKVpW4>`_
How to move
^^^^^^^^^^^
To move your repository to our Github organization, just ask any of our contributors, `especially those who are admin. <https://github.com/orgs/nextcloud/people?utf8=%E2%9C%93&query=+role%3Aowner>`_ They will be happy to help!