| # Code of Merit |
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| 1. The project creators, lead developers, core team, constitute |
| the managing members of the project and have final say in every decision |
| of the project, technical or otherwise, including overruling previous decisions. |
| There are no limitations to this decisional power. |
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| 2. Contributions are an expected result of your membership on the project. |
| Don't expect others to do your work or help you with your work forever. |
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| 3. All members have the same opportunities to seek any challenge they want |
| within the project. |
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| 4. Authority or position in the project will be proportional |
| to the accrued contribution. Seniority must be earned. |
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| 5. Software is evolutive: the better implementations must supersede lesser |
| implementations. Technical advantage is the primary evaluation metric. |
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| 6. This is a space for technical prowess; topics outside of the project |
| will not be tolerated. |
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| 7. Non technical conflicts will be discussed in a separate space. Disruption |
| of the project will not be allowed. |
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| 8. Individual characteristics, including but not limited to, |
| body, sex, sexual preference, race, language, religion, nationality, |
| or political preferences are irrelevant in the scope of the project and |
| will not be taken into account concerning your value or that of your contribution |
| to the project. |
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| 9. Discuss or debate the idea, not the person. |
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| 10. There is no room for ambiguity: Ambiguity will be met with questioning; |
| further ambiguity will be met with silence. It is the responsibility |
| of the originator to provide requested context. |
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| 11. If something is illegal outside the scope of the project, it is illegal |
| in the scope of the project. This Code of Merit does not take precedence over |
| governing law. |
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| 12. This Code of Merit governs the technical procedures of the project not the |
| activities outside of it. |
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| 13. Participation on the project equates to agreement of this Code of Merit. |
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| 14. No objectives beyond the stated objectives of this project are relevant |
| to the project. Any intent to deviate the project from its original purpose |
| of existence will constitute grounds for remedial action which may include |
| expulsion from the project. |
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| This document is adapted from the Code of Merit, version 1.0. |
| See: https://codeofmerit.org/. |