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

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hbr hbr
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Harvey Birdman Rule (see: HBR.md) Hindering Backchannels Rule (see: HBR.md)
# Historical Note
HBR was formerly known (or expanded) as the 'Harvey Birdman Rule'.