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		josephg on March 17, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: GitHub, fuck your name change I know this is controversial, but I still love SQLite's old code of conduct (now 'code of ethics'[1]). Its based on some old religious text. If you skip the religious bits, the rest is extremely wholesome. I much prefer it over most projects' CoCs - I've never seen much benefit in spending a lot of words to say "please be civil". > Be a help in times of trouble. > Do not return evil for evil. I will try, for you SQLite! :D [1] https://sqlite.org/codeofethics.html

_fnhr on March 17, 2021 | [–]

> 30. Do no wrong to anyone, and bear patiently wrongs done to yourself.

This one is similar to "be conservative in what you say and liberal in what you accept from others"[1], but worded better.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robustness_principle

turbonoobie on March 17, 2021 | [–]

I like this approach

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