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| 1 | +# Code of Merit |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +1. The project creators, lead developers, core team, constitute |
| 4 | +the managing members of the project and have final say in every decision |
| 5 | +of the project, technical or otherwise, including overruling previous decisions. |
| 6 | +There are no limitations to this decisional power. |
| 7 | + |
| 8 | +2. Contributions are an expected result of your membership on the project. |
| 9 | +Don't expect others to do your work or help you with your work forever. |
| 10 | + |
| 11 | +3. All members have the same opportunities to seek any challenge they want |
| 12 | +within the project. |
| 13 | + |
| 14 | +4. Authority or position in the project will be proportional |
| 15 | +to the accrued contribution. Seniority must be earned. |
| 16 | + |
| 17 | +5. Software is evolutive: the better implementations must supersede lesser |
| 18 | +implementations. Technical advantage is the primary evaluation metric. |
| 19 | + |
| 20 | +6. This is a space for technical prowess; topics outside of the project |
| 21 | +will not be tolerated. |
| 22 | + |
| 23 | +7. Non technical conflicts will be discussed in a separate space. Disruption |
| 24 | +of the project will not be allowed. |
| 25 | + |
| 26 | +8. Individual characteristics, including but not limited to, |
| 27 | +body, sex, sexual preference, race, language, religion, nationality, |
| 28 | +or political preferences are irrelevant in the scope of the project and |
| 29 | +will not be taken into account concerning your value or that of your contribution |
| 30 | +to the project. |
| 31 | + |
| 32 | +9. Discuss or debate the idea, not the person. |
| 33 | + |
| 34 | +10. There is no room for ambiguity: Ambiguity will be met with questioning; |
| 35 | +further ambiguity will be met with silence. It is the responsibility |
| 36 | +of the originator to provide requested context. |
| 37 | + |
| 38 | +11. If something is illegal outside the scope of the project, it is illegal |
| 39 | +in the scope of the project. This Code of Merit does not take precedence over |
| 40 | +governing law. |
| 41 | + |
| 42 | +12. This Code of Merit governs the technical procedures of the project not the |
| 43 | +activities outside of it. |
| 44 | + |
| 45 | +13. Participation on the project equates to agreement of this Code of Merit. |
| 46 | + |
| 47 | +14. No objectives beyond the stated objectives of this project are relevant |
| 48 | +to the project. Any intent to deviate the project from its original purpose |
| 49 | +of existence will constitute grounds for remedial action which may include |
| 50 | +expulsion from the project. |
| 51 | + |
| 52 | +This document is adapted from the Code of Merit, version 1.0. |
| 53 | +See: https://codeofmerit.org/. |
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