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+# Code of Merit
+
+1. The project creators, lead developers, core team, constitute
+the managing members of the project and have final say in every decision
+of the project, technical or otherwise, including overruling previous decisions.
+There are no limitations to this decisional power.
+
+2. Contributions are an expected result of your membership on the project.
+Don't expect others to do your work or help you with your work forever. 
+
+3. All members have the same opportunities to seek any challenge they want
+within the project. 
+
+4. Authority or position in the project will be proportional
+to the accrued contribution. Seniority must be earned.
+
+5. Software is evolutive: the better implementations must supersede lesser
+implementations. Technical advantage is the primary evaluation metric.
+
+6. This is a space for technical prowess; topics outside of the project
+will not be tolerated.
+
+7. Non technical conflicts will be discussed in a separate space. Disruption
+of the project will not be allowed.
+
+8. Individual characteristics, including but not limited to,
+body, sex, sexual preference, race, language, religion, nationality,
+or political preferences are irrelevant in the scope of the project and
+will not be taken into account concerning your value or that of your contribution
+to the project.
+
+9. Discuss or debate the idea, not the person.
+
+10. There is no room for ambiguity: Ambiguity will be met with questioning;
+further ambiguity will be met with silence. It is the responsibility
+of the originator to provide requested context.
+
+11. If something is illegal outside the scope of the project, it is illegal
+in the scope of the project. This Code of Merit does not take precedence over
+governing law.
+
+12. This Code of Merit governs the technical procedures of the project not the 
+activities outside of it. 
+
+13. Participation on the project equates to agreement of this Code of Merit.
+
+14. No objectives beyond the stated objectives of this project are relevant
+to the project. Any intent to deviate the project from its original purpose
+of existence will constitute grounds for remedial action which may include
+expulsion from the project.
+
+This document is the Code of Merit (http://code-of-merit.org), version 1.0.
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