From 51ad66009ed3f092e20313f64de2f8c5701d730a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Bradley=20M=2E=20K=C3=BChn?= Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2026 17:45:19 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] HBR interaction: Covenant supersedes, especially for confidentiality MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit The preceding paragraph clarifies that HBR infractions are not “read into” this Covenant as violations. However, a tangential problem is addressed herein: this Covenant must operate independently of HBR, and when in conflict, the Covenant supersedes. --- CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md b/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md index d194ef1..cfc3dd2 100644 --- a/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md +++ b/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md @@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ This Code of Conduct applies within all community spaces, and also applies when The Hindering Backchannels Rule (“HBR”) is a guideline document regarding contributions to the copyleft-next project. For the avoidance of any doubt, failure to follow the HBR does not necessarily violate this Covenant. Alleged violations of this Covenant are evaluated independently under this document, not under or in conjunction with the HBR. +All rules, processes, and procedures in this Covenant need not follow HBR — particularly but not limited to regarding confidentiality. If a conflict arises between necessary confidentiality under this Covenant and encouraged disclosure under HBR, the rules, processes, and procedures of this Covenant shall govern, and HBR shall be ignored for that matter. + ### Attribution / Modifications Pursuant to requirements in the CC-By-SA-4.0§3(a),the copyleft-next project has preserved (and — when permitted and appropriate — amended) the following notices: