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Re:Code of Merit: A meritocratic approach to project managem... by brobdingnagians on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @07:43AM (#18074880)
Not really; it just establishes that people who do work and create things of value have some kind of claim to continuing that work and controlling its growth.

The alternative is probably the "tyranny of the outside majority". You can't do things _other_ people, unrelated to your work, don't like.

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Re:Code of Merit: A meritocratic approach to project managem... by detaro on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @08:05AM (#18075021)
That's not the alternative. E.g. the Linux CoC explicitly only governs activity inside the project, or while representing the project (the latter is an interesting but IMHO necessary scope problem). The board tasked with enforcing it is entirely built from high-ranking contributors.
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