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by erickt
3213 days ago
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Rust Core team member here. Our code of conduct [1] has been the fundamental cornerstone of our project and community since the beginning. Every large institution ends up having to choose explicitly or implicitly how they deal with conflict. We wanted to put our beliefs up front to enable people to choose if they want to participate with us, or not. When you boil it down, it's really "don't be a jerk". It doesn't seem to be that big of an ask that people don't harass each other, and for people to understand that everyone's situation is different. A lot of people have been discouraged from participating in tech, from active things like aggressive or rude language and sexualized imagery, to passive things like not providing for child care or mothers rooms at conferences. These are all things that are pretty simple to manage if you're aware of it. It's our belief that not only is this just the right thing to do, it's our best strategy of growing our community. I don't have any proof, but I do attribute our welcoming community to why we have 1,856 contributors to just our compiler. [1]: https://www.rust-lang.org/en-US/conduct.html |
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