LMS Maintenance - Renewable Annual Stewardship (Obsidian Systems)

SIG: daml-tooling

Development Fund Proposal Submission

Proposal file: /proposals/2026-06-Obsidian-lms-maintenance.md

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Summary

Renewable annual stewardship grant for the Canton/Daml developer LMS. Year One operations handoff from Digital Asset, platform evaluation + migration plan, release-aligned short courses, public quarterly certification reporting, and a transferable runbook. Year One ask: 500,000 CC. Champion: Ali Abrar (Obsidian Systems).

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Checklist

• [X] Proposal file added under /proposals/
• [X] Milestones and funding amounts defined
• [X] Acceptance criteria included
• [X] Alignment with Canton priorities described

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Notes for Reviewers

Renewal structure follows the Daml OSS Maintenance Grant and Splice management grant (PR #47) precedent. Year Two renewal proposal at Month 10 enables a Month 12 renewal decision. Supersedes #458 (auto-closed pending champion field, now added).