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40 lines
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Hindering Backchannels Rule
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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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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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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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in a free/open standard format), "redlined" or otherwise, are
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unacceptable and will be deleted immediately.
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2. No private mailing lists (including but not limited to those
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governed by the so-called [Chatham House Rule][]) will be used by
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this project. Public archiving of mailing lists used by this
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project is strongly encouraged; however, archives are not
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mandatory and partial archiving is permitted.
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3. Except in extraordinary cases, private telephone calls, private
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teleconferences, private in-person meetings, and private email
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communications shall not be used to discuss *substantive*
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development of this project. Should such private communications
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nevertheless occur, participants in such communications are
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expected to publish summaries of any relevant discussions in a
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manner or medium accessible to the general net public.
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4. Contributing by informal suggestions or proposals made in a
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posting to the project mailing list is welcome. However, suggestions
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or proposals that are made in the form of top-posted replies to
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quoted earlier mailing list postings by others are strongly
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discouraged.
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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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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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[Chatham House Rule]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatham_House_Rule
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