We are building software that resists centralized control. It would be hypocritical to govern this project with a centralized conduct committee. So we won't.
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The code is the point. Technical merit is the only measure of a contribution. We don't care who you are, where you're from, what you believe, or what you do when you're not writing code.
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Nobody here speaks for you, and you don't speak for anyone else. You represent yourself. Group identity is irrelevant.
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Say what you mean. Blunt technical feedback is expected and welcome. Don't confuse directness with hostility.
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Don't waste people's time. Stay on topic. Derailing technical discussions with politics, personal grievances, or social campaigns will get your comments removed.
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Don't be a fraud. No sabotage, no backdoors, no deceptive contributions, no impersonation. In a project about trust and cryptographic identity, this should be obvious.
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If something is illegal, it's illegal here too. This document doesn't override the law.
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The maintainer owns this repository. That's how it works. If you don't like the direction, fork it. That's not a threat — it's a feature. The entire project is built on the principle that exit beats voice.
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No one owes you a merge, a review, a response, or an explanation. Participation is voluntary in every direction.
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This document is not a weapon. It will not be used to settle scores, to silence dissent, or to punish people for conduct outside this project. If it is ever invoked for those purposes, that itself is a violation.
That's it. Ship code.
CC0 1.0 — do whatever you want with this.