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by its-summertime 265 days ago
Code of Conducts are misaligned, in telling people what is allowed and what isn't.

What is practical is a list of obligations the maintainers are willing to do for the community:

Maintainers can only directly control themselves, after all. Only through their actions does anything happen, either merging code, or removing people from accessing the project.

Knowing where the maintainers are going to draw the line is far more useful.