Repository guidline

Signed-off-by: Jian Qiu <[email protected]>

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+# Open Cluster Management Repositories Guidelines
+
+This document attempts to outline a structure for creating GitHub repositories with the Open-Cluster-Management project. It also describes how and when repositories are removed.
+
+# Rules for New Repositories
+
+* All repos will live in github.com/open-cluster-management-io/\<project-name\>.
+* Must contain the topic for the sponsoring sub projects - e.g. application. (Added through the Manage topics link on the repo page.)
+* Must adopt the Open-Cluster-Management Code of Conduct
+* All code projects use the Apache License version 2.0.
+* All OWNERS of the project must also be active Open-Cluster-Management members.
+* Must be approved by the following process.
+  1. It has been discussed and recognized in the community meeting with a
+   publicly linkable written decision.
+  2. It must have two sponsors, each of whom must be the maintainer of a sub project.
+  3. An repository onboarding issue is created in the community repo.
+
+## Removing Repositories
+
+As important as it is to add new repositories, it is equally important to prune
+old repositories that are no longer relevant or useful.
+
+It is in the best interests of everyone involved in the Open-Cluster-Management community
+that our various projects and repositories are active and healthy. This 
+ensures a rapid response to potential required fixes (e.g. critical security
+problems) and (most importantly) it ensures that contributors and users receive
+quick feedback on their issues and contributions.
+
+### Grounds for removal
+
+Repositories may be removed from the project if they
+are deemed _inactive_. Inactive repositories are those that meet any of the
+following criteria:
+
+   * There are no longer any active maintainers for the project and no
+     replacements can be found.
+   * All PRs or Issues have gone un-addressed for longer than six months.
+   * There have been no new commits or other changes in more than a year.
+   * The contents have been folded into another actively maintained project.