Code of Conduct

Sovereignbase is a technical project focused on building precise, interoperable, user-sovereign systems.

Discussion is expected to be rigorous, direct, and technically grounded.

Principles

• Debate ideas, not people.
• Critique designs, not identity.
• Prefer evidence and reasoning over authority.
• Represent others’ positions accurately before criticizing them.
• Keep discussion focused on the technology, architecture, and specifications.

Strong disagreement is welcome.
Personal hostility is not.

Technical Standards

• Claims should be backed by reasoning, references, or implementation evidence.
• Discussions should clearly distinguish between:
  • specification-level requirements
  • implementation details
  • operational tradeoffs
  • personal preferences
• Security, privacy, and decentralization claims must not be exaggerated.
• Criticism should aim to improve correctness, clarity, or interoperability.

Unacceptable Behavior

• Harassment, intimidation, or discriminatory language
• Personal attacks, insults, or sustained hostility
• Misrepresenting another person’s argument
• Intentional misinformation
• Repeated bad-faith argumentation
• Publishing private or sensitive information without consent
• Disruptive behavior that consistently prevents productive technical discussion

Enforcement

Maintainers may remove comments, close discussions, reject contributions, or restrict participation if behavior violates this policy.

Sovereignbase is a project for building serious systems. If discussion repeatedly undermines that goal, it will be moderated.

Scope

This Code of Conduct applies to:

• Issues
• Pull requests
• Discussions
• Documentation discussions
• Community spaces and other official Sovereignbase communication channels