Revised Cardano dOSPO and OMF Program Proposal
4 of 7 committee members voted
- 68bb0b42…874668bb0b42…8746YesActive · term ends epoch 653No rationale
- Ace Alliance71aa5b3a…8f04YesActive · term ends epoch 726Rationale
Ace Alliance finds the proposed "Revised Cardano dOSPO and OMF Program Proposal" Treasury Withdrawal Governance Action Constitutional. Rationales are archived at https://github.com/ace-alliance/ace-voting/
A PDF version of this rationale is also made available.
"Revised Cardano dOSPO and OMF Program Proposal" (gov_action19ap...637y3t) is a Treasury Withdrawal Governance Action requesting 4,094,000 ada over a twelve month term, proposed by Christian Taylor through Open Source Cowboy Consulting. It revises a proposal Ace Alliance previously found unconstitutional because the oversight architecture it claimed as administrator did not exist at the moment of withdrawal. The revision restructures that arrangement, and the Community should understand it plainly. Christian Taylor, who is also the proposer and the operator of the program, designates himself through Open Source Cowboy Consulting as the sole Article II.7.5 administrator, effective at the moment of withdrawal and unconditional on any future deliverable. Part of the withdrawal funds his own operation, and the remainder is to be distributed to third parties under his sole and final allocation authority for the full term. The advisory councils he commits to constitute do not exist until Week 6, are of his own recruitment, hold no veto, and their published feedback is required only for program disbursements, not for his operations budget. Transfer of the administrator role to the planned independent legal entity, or replacement of the administrator for any reason, takes effect only if the DReps pass an on-chain Info Action.
Under Article II.6.1, governance actions "shall follow a standardized and legible format before being recorded or enacted on-chain" with an anchor document that is "immutable and incapable of being altered after submission". The proposal anchor is a content addressed IPFS document whose hash matches the on-chain record, and it contains the title, abstract, justification, and supporting materials that Article II.6.2 requires.
Under Article II.7.1, Treasury Withdrawals "must specify the terms of the withdrawal", including purpose, delivery period, relevant costs and expenses, and refund circumstances. The proposal specifies its purpose across five work packages, a twelve month delivery period, itemized costs per work package, and refund circumstances including the return of the portfolio reserve and operational contingency and the ability of DReps to sunset the program. The disclosure requirement of Article II.7.2 is met by the statement that prior treasury funding related to the proposer went to Intersect MBO institutionally and not to Christian Taylor directly. The Net Change Limit required by Article II.7.3 has been set, and this withdrawal does not cause the current limit to be exceeded; the withdrawal is denominated in ada as the Treasury guardrails require.
Under Article II.7.5, Treasury Withdrawals "shall designate one or more administrators responsible for monitoring how the funds are used, and ensuring the deliverables are achieved." The designation here is explicit, made at submission, and effective at the moment of withdrawal, which is the defect that the prior version of this proposal failed to cure. The Constitution permits the administrator to be a person, an institution, a company, or a smart contract, and it does not prohibit the recipient of the funds from bearing the administrator responsibility. The allocation required by Article II.7.4 for "periodic independent audits and the implementation of oversight metrics" is present although not separately itemized: Mill Law Firm is named as independent financial auditor on a quarterly cadence attached to published milestones, funded within the staffing and operational lines, and the oversight metrics function is funded through the dependency audit, public dashboard, and on-chain reporting commitments. Article II.7.4 requires an allocation, not a labeled line item. Under Article II.7.6, the withdrawal destination must be kept in "separate accounts that can be audited by the Cardano Community" and "shall not be delegated to an SPO but must be delegated to the predefined abstain voting option." The on-chain destination is a key hash stake account that is not delegated to any stake pool and is delegated to the predefined always abstain voting option at the time of submission; the text of Article II.7.6 does not require script locked custody. On the record before us, that is sufficient.
Ace Alliance finds the proposed "Revised Cardano dOSPO and OMF Program Proposal" Treasury Withdrawal Governance Action Constitutional under Article II.6 and Article II.7.1 through II.7.6.
- Cardano Japan Council725d4d44…7b31YesActive · term ends epoch 653Rationale
We consider this governance action to be constitutional.
This proposal is a Treasury Withdrawal Governance Action to withdraw ₳4,094,000 from the Cardano Treasury in connection with the "Revised Cardano dOSPO and OMF Program Proposal" by Open Source Cowboy Consulting. This proposal refers to the proposal document on IPFS and presents the proposal's title, summary, rationale, and justification. These elements comply with the requirements of Article 2, Section 6, Paragraphs 1 and 2 of the Cardano Constitution. Regarding Article 2, Section 7, Paragraph 1, this proposal aims to establish a sustainable maintenance and development framework for open-source software within the Cardano ecosystem and sets a 12-month implementation period. It also outlines milestones, deliverables, budget breakdowns, and implementation details for each work package: Operations and Governance, the Open Maintenance Framework, the Maintainer Development Program, the CodeForUs Bounty Program, and the Ecosystem Activation Reserve. Regarding Article 2, Section 7, Paragraph 2, this proposal discloses the status of Treasury fund receipts within the past 24 months and states that Treasury funds related to the Paid Open Source Model were disbursed to Intersect MBO, and that Christian Taylor, as an individual, did not receive any allocation of these funds, either directly or indirectly. Regarding Article 2, Section 7, Paragraph 3, this proposal confirms that the requested amount of ₳4,094,000 falls within the applicable Net Change Limit at the time of review. Regarding Article II, Section 7, Paragraph 4, this proposal states that it will establish an audit and oversight framework combining quarterly financial reviews and annual audits by Mill Law Firm with an independent program effectiveness audit, on-chain transparency, and oversight by the Advisory Council. Regarding Article II, Section 7, Paragraph 5, this proposal designates Christian Taylor / Open Source Cowboy Consulting as the administrator pursuant to Article II.7.5 and outlines their authority, responsibilities, transparency measures, procedures for future administrator transitions, and the process for replacement via Info Action by the DRep. Regarding Article II, Section 7, Paragraph 6, after verifying the on-chain information for the recipient address associated with this proposal, we have confirmed that the stake corresponding to Treasury funds has not been delegated to the SPO but has been delegated to the predefined abstention voting option ("Always Abstain"). Therefore, as no clear conflict with the Cardano Constitution has been identified, we determine that this proposal is constitutional.
For the reasons stated above, we determine that it is constitutional.
- Tingvard646d1b3a…be43YesActive · term ends epoch 726Rationale
Tingvard judges the “Revised Cardano dOSPO and OMF Program Proposal” Treasury Withdrawal governance action constitutional, provided the applicable Net Change Limit is agreed and has sufficient remaining capacity at enactment.
This governance action requests 4,094,000 ADA from the Cardano Treasury to fund a 12-month dOSPO and Open Maintenance Framework pilot programme for Cardano open source sustainability. The proposal covers four programmes: a Maintenance Fund, a Maintainer Development programme, a CodeForUs bounty programme, and an Ecosystem Activation Reserve.
The proposal identifies the purpose of the withdrawal, the amount requested, the 12-month delivery period, and the intended work packages. It provides a full programme budget summary covering operations and governance infrastructure, maintenance funding, maintainer development, bounty work, and ecosystem activation.
The proposal designates Christian Taylor / Open Source Cowboy Consulting as the Article II, Section 7, §5 administrator from the moment of treasury withdrawal through the full 12-month pilot term, unless replaced by an on-chain DRep Info Action. The proposal states that this designation is unconditional, sole at withdrawal, and not contingent on council formation, legal entity formation, or any other future deliverable.
The proposal also clarifies that the advisory councils and the future dOSPO legal entity are additional governance and oversight infrastructure. Their formation is a programme deliverable, not a precondition for the administrator to exist or act.
The proposal includes refund and repayment conditions. It states that the portfolio reserve, activation reserve, and unspent operational contingency will be returned to the Treasury under the stated conditions. It also states that, in the event of early termination, all uncommitted funds will be returned within 30 days of a successful on-chain DRep Info Action replacing or removing the administrator.
The proposal includes audit and oversight provisions. Mill Law Firm is designated as independent financial auditor for the full 12-month term, with quarterly financial reviews, an annual programme audit, review of on-chain disbursement records, and public reporting.
The proposal also includes a broader assurance structure, including programme effectiveness audit, on-chain transparency, advisory council feedback before disbursements, and the ability for DReps to replace the administrator or sunset the programme through an on-chain Info Action.
Tingvard therefore finds that the proposal satisfies the relevant constitutional requirements for a Treasury Withdrawal governance action.
However, this finding depends on the applicable Net Change Limit. If the required Net Change Limit does not meet the necessary threshold, or if there is insufficient remaining capacity under the applicable Net Change Limit at enactment, Tingvard will change its vote to unconstitutional.
Tingvard finds the “Revised Cardano dOSPO and OMF Program Proposal” Treasury Withdrawal governance action constitutional, provided the applicable Net Change Limit is validly agreed and has sufficient remaining capacity.
The proposal identifies the purpose, amount, delivery period, costs, refund circumstances, administrator, audit and oversight arrangements, prior funding disclosure, and accountability structure.
Tingvard therefore judges this governance action constitutional, subject to the Net Change Limit condition stated above.
- Cardano Curia84feba94…6bd5Not votedActive · term ends epoch 653No rationale
- Eastern Cardano Council4a822702…3d76Not votedActive · term ends epoch 726No rationale
- KtorZ64f97568…3a49Not votedActive · term ends epoch 653No rationale