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 # Organisation repo
 
 This repository itself is the entry point for documentation on official resources.
+It is important that the documentation for the NixOS org governance is accurate.
 
-Everybody in the [CODEOWNERS](../.github/CODEOWNERS) file has write permission to this repository.
-This allows people to get automatic review requests and merge PRs for the files that concern them.
-PRs can only be merged if a codeowner for the respective files approves it, and all files need to have a codeowner entry.
+The [`CODEOWNERS`](../.github/CODEOWNERS) file indicates the persons or groups who have either ownership or a stake in a document.
+In addition to being a document in its own right, the named parties are added as an automatic review requests, and can merge PRs for the files that concern them.
+All files in this repository need to have an entry in the `CODEOWNERS` file.
+This entry serves as documentation for who the interested and relevant parties are to that section of governance.
 
-Furthermore, the code owners for the CODEOWNERS file should have permission to give more people write access to this repository.
-These people get requested for reviews when new people add themselves to CODEOWNERS, allowing them to give write access when merged.
+The [GitHub org owners](./github-org-owners.md) are themselves the codeowner for the `CODEOWNERS` file.
+They have permission to give more people write access to this repository.
+They get requested for reviews when new people add themselves to `CODEOWNERS`, and can give the relevant parties write access to the repository.
+
+Every person with write access can merge a PR in the repository.
+The person who merges is responsible for doing so with due care.