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+ | ====== Guiding Principles ====== | ||
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- | * free to attend, | + | The idea was conceived in the wake of the [[http:// |
- | * public, | + | |
- | * commercially and politically non-aligned and | + | |
- | * absolutely against sexual harassment | + | |
+ | CryptoParties are neither commercially nor politically aligned, and free and open to attend for everyone as long as they live the following //guiding principles//: | ||
- | ===== Excellence | + | ===== Be excellent to each other ===== |
- | Be excellent to each other is a guiding principle of CryptoParty. Wikipedia uses a somewhat similar rule, which they call "the fundamental rule of all social spaces. Every other policy for getting along is a special case of it." Unlike Wikipedia, CryptoParty takes a positive approach, and avoids the practice of officially enumerating the myriad potential special cases; "be excellent" | + | |
- | ===== Do-ocracy ===== | + | CryptoParties are environments where people feel welcome and safe to learn and teach no matter their background |
- | Doing excellent stuff at CryptoParty does not require permission | + | |
- | ===== Sudo Leadership ===== | + | This also means that any form of harassment |
- | Leadership is taken by individuals for specific projects. | + | |
- | ===== No Harassment | + | ===== Do things |
- | CryptoParty is dedicated to providing a harassment-free sharing experience for everyone, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, | + | |
- | Harassment includes | + | |
- | * hurtful or offensive comments | + | |
- | * deliberate intimidation | + | |
- | * direct or indirect threats | + | |
- | * stalking | + | |
- | * following | + | |
- | * inappropriate physical contact | + | |
- | * unwelcome sexual attention. | + | |
- | If you are asked to stop any harassing behavior | + | CryptoParties happen because people make them happen. The most amazing and unforeseen learning experiences happen because people make them happen. |
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+ | ===== Independence ===== | ||
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+ | ==== Political ==== | ||
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+ | While CryptoParties are inherently political, they are independent from any political party or politics in general. | ||
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+ | Political parties may not facilitate CryptoParties in their name. | ||
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+ | ==== Non-commercial ==== | ||
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+ | Companies or NGOs may not facilitate or sponsor CryptoParties in any form. | ||
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+ | ==== Recommended Tools ==== | ||
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+ | The tools recommended at CryptoParties need to be Free Software (FLOSS) and/or Open Hardware. | ||
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+ | As a starting point, working with the software and hardware that participants already use is fine, and, to some extent, even encouraged, though. | ||
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+ | ===== Anti-harassment policy | ||
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+ | Implicit in //be excellent | ||
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+ | * hurtful or offensive comments | ||
+ | * deliberate intimidation | ||
+ | * direct or indirect threats | ||
+ | * stalking | ||
+ | * following | ||
+ | * inappropriate physical contact | ||
+ | * unwelcome sexual attention. |