HBR interaction: Covenant supersedes, especially for confidentiality

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.
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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. 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 ### Attribution / Modifications
Pursuant to requirements in the CC-By-SA-4.0§3(a),the copyleft-next project has preserved (and — when permitted and appropriated — amended) the following notices: Pursuant to requirements in the CC-By-SA-4.0§3(a),the copyleft-next project has preserved (and — when permitted and appropriated — amended) the following notices: