<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>ORI has some developer and participant policies which you should become familiar with. They are at <a href="https://openresearch.institute/developer-and-participant-policies/">https://openresearch.institute/developer-and-participant-policies/</a><br></div><div>Please read them when you have a chance.<br></div><div><br></div>The first part is about keeping ourselves on the right side of ITAR and EAR. This requires that we do not perform defense services. In particular, if there are questions on the list or other sorts of participation from a defense provider, we don't answer them or help them in any way until we verify that they are working on a non-defense contract. We have done that verification regarding Hume Institute, so they're OK.<br><br></div>The second part is a conduct policy. It's taken from <i>much </i>more contentious (and probably much larger) communities than this one, and we should never have to use it because we're all professionals here and know how to be civil. But there's always one person who tries to ruin things for everyone, and we have the policies that allow us to remove that person when necessary.<br><br></div> Thanks<br><br></div> Bruce<br clear="all"><div><div><div><div><div><div><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Bruce Perens K6BP - Standards committee chair, license review committee member, Open Source Initiative<div>President, Open Research Institute</div></div></div>
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