Add a code of conduct #2

MultisampledNight commented 2026年06月20日 14:02:56 +02:00

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MultisampledNight commented 2026年06月20日 15:33:04 +02:00

Specifically, write a CONTRIBUTING.md covering both our standards and shared constraints

Specifically, write a `CONTRIBUTING.md` covering both our standards and shared constraints

MultisampledNight commented 2026年06月20日 15:56:34 +02:00

• Why? At the very least, to avoid a contempt culture and negative moral licensing

• Inspiration

  • CoC set up by Safe the Dance, an agency for awareness on events: https://safethedance.de/en/coc/
  • CoC of the Tor Project: https://community.torproject.org/policies/code_of_conduct/
  • CoC of postmarketOS: https://docs.postmarketos.org/policies-and-processes/community/code-of-conduct.html
  • CoC of MetaBrainz: https://metabrainz.org/code-of-conduct
    • Feels substantially different than the others. Covers less "obvious" things, perhaps? Expects neutrality while acknowledging subjectivity.
  • The manifesto for radical software development: http://cryto.net/~joepie91/manifesto.html

• Other thoughts

  • Acknowledge that mistakes in general are inevitable and opportunities to learn; so that mistakes in specific are avoided

  • Resolve zero-sum games into solidarity (de-escalate early and preemptively)

  • We should optimize for a positive double standard: While the CoC is read by an individual, it reflects shared values

  • Tor and pmOS both have transparency reports and dedicated code of conduct teams. Maybe this template needs some "bootstrapping" logic in assigning responsibility

    • The transparency reports could be in-repo

  • Link to the CoC right in the README

  • Reflect that every tech has political implications and that every change of tech has social implications

    Dangerous is the theory that continues to run without being noticed. (https://die-architekt.net/zeit-der-monster/)

• Problem factors

  • Length. Drive-by contributions are a symptom of a culture that does not reward longer-term involvement, not the problem. We still want them, hence keep the total reading time below 10 minutes at most
  • Nuance and positivity. Avoid writing down specific patterns to avoid, rather show the behavior we want.

- Why? At the *very* least, to avoid a [contempt culture](https://blog.aurynn.com/2015/12/16-contempt-culture/) and [negative moral licensing](https://nonzerosum.games/morallicensing1.html) - Inspiration - CoC set up by Safe the Dance, an agency for awareness on events: https://safethedance.de/en/coc/ - CoC of the Tor Project: https://community.torproject.org/policies/code_of_conduct/ - CoC of postmarketOS: https://docs.postmarketos.org/policies-and-processes/community/code-of-conduct.html - CoC of MetaBrainz: https://metabrainz.org/code-of-conduct - Feels substantially different than the others. Covers less "obvious" things, perhaps? Expects neutrality while acknowledging subjectivity. - The manifesto for radical software development: http://cryto.net/~joepie91/manifesto.html - Other thoughts - Acknowledge that mistakes *in general* are inevitable and opportunities to learn; so that mistakes *in specific* are avoided - Resolve zero-sum games into solidarity (de-escalate early and preemptively) - We should optimize for a [positive double standard](https://nonzerosum.games/positivedoublestandard.html): While the CoC is read by an individual, it reflects shared values - Tor and pmOS both have transparency reports and dedicated code of conduct teams. Maybe this template needs some "bootstrapping" logic in assigning responsibility - The transparency reports could be in-repo - Link to the CoC right in the README - Reflect that every tech has political implications and that every change of tech has social implications > Dangerous is the theory that continues to run without being noticed. (https://die-architekt.net/zeit-der-monster/) - Problem factors - Length. Drive-by contributions are a symptom of a culture that does not reward longer-term involvement, not the problem. We still want them, hence keep the total reading time below 10 minutes at most - Nuance and positivity. Avoid writing down specific patterns to avoid, rather show the behavior we *want*.