Codes of Conduct can never replace good intentions, mutual respect and human decency, but in the right hands, they can be an excellent tool for bullying and abuse.
So you think laws are perfect? You think a group of people coming together should not be able to make their own rules governing them? Innnnteresting theory.
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I do not think I will discuss which laws I consider good and which not. My personal opinion is to follow all current laws and change
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the bad ones in democratic ways.
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But the laws against discrimination, harressment and similar are mostly fine.
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But the actual point is, that a CoC is the attempt to write your own laws. And laws need to be written such that they do not have loopholes
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"Let's not write any software, because it might have bugs". You do realize how silly that sounds, right?
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do not write your own crypto.
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Oh, I do write my own crypto. Ver, carefully. And I understand enough about law to realize that the comparison is not even remotely applicable.
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You do it at your own risk. I guess its a bad idea, but that's of course up to you and your users to judge.
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