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Background
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The impetus to create the Harvey Birdman Rule stemmed from three formative
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experiences: the quasi-public phase of the GPLv3 drafting process
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(January 2006--June 2007); the Project Harmony deliberations
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(ca. 2010-2011); and the ongoing activities of the European Legal
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Network run by Free Software Foundation Europe (ca 2007--present).
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HBR is a critique of the Chatham House Rule, which governed Project
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Harmony for most of its life and has officially governed the
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activities of ELN since 2008, if not inception.
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The name "Harvey Birdman Rule" was coined by Richard Fontana in an IRC
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channel conversation with Bradley Kuhn and others in (IIRC) 2012. The
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name is a reference to *Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law*. At least two
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post-hoc explanations for the naming have been given, but the real
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reason is a quasi-inside joke between Fontana and Kuhn, which Kuhn has
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probably forgotten and which wasn't really all that funny to begin
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with.
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HBR.md
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Harvey Birdman Rule
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Hindering Backchannels Rule
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A nontrivial number of interesting collaborative FLOSS legal endeavors
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A nontrivial number of interesting collaborative FLOSS legal endeavors
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have been operated in a relatively nontransparent and methodologically
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have been operated in a relatively nontransparent and methodologically
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suboptimal manner. The following norms of project participation are
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suboptimal manner. The following norms of project participation are
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designed to discourage this tendency. These norms shall be known
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designed to discourage this tendency. These norms shall be known
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informally as the "Harvey Birdman Rule":
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informally as the "Hindering Backchannels Rule":
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1. Contributions in the form of word-processing documents (even if
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1. Contributions in the form of word-processing documents (even if
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quoted earlier mailing list postings by others are strongly
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quoted earlier mailing list postings by others are strongly
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discouraged.
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discouraged.
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5. Criticisms of, or proposed changes to, the Harvey Birdman Rule
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5. Criticisms of, or proposed changes to, the Hindering Backchannels Rule
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are welcome, though such criticisms or proposals must themselves
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are welcome, though such criticisms or proposals must themselves
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comply with the Harvey Birdman Rule as it exists at the time the
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comply with the Hindering Backchannels Rule as it exists at the time the
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criticism or proposal is made.
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criticism or proposal is made.
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[Chatham House Rule]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatham_House_Rule
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[Chatham House Rule]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatham_House_Rule
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hbr
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Harvey Birdman Rule (see: HBR.md)
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Hindering Backchannels Rule (see: HBR.md)
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# Historical Note
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HBR was formerly known (or expanded) as the 'Harvey Birdman Rule'.
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