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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mastodon.social/users/hyc/statuses/117026873997351890">Howard Chu @ Symas (hyc@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 03-Aug-2026 04:42:34 JST</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/@hyc" title="hyc@mastodon.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/29613-48-20221117233524.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Howard Chu @ Symas" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Howard Chu @ Symas</a></section><article><p>The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Monero" rel="tag">#Monero</a> Project uses Pieter Hintjens' Collective Code Construction Contract <a href="https://rfc.zeromq.org/spec/22/" rel="nofollow">https://rfc.zeromq.org/spec/22/</a> as the basis of its project/contribution rules. With all respect to my friend Pieter who is sorely missed, I think this C4 contract was written for a different era, and is problematic today.</p><p>This clause in particular: "Everyone, without distinction or discrimination, SHALL have an equal right to become a Contributor under the terms of this contract." is harmful, IMO.</p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/6594779#notice-12982591">In conversation</a><time datetime="2026-08-03T04:42:34+09:00" title="Monday, 03-Aug-2026 04:42:34 JST">about 3 days ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@hyc/117026873997351890" rel="external" title="Sent from mastodon.social via ActivityPub">mastodon.social</a></span></span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@hyc/117026873997351890">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><article><header><div>No result found on File_thumbnail lookup.</div><h5><a href="https://rfc.zeromq.org/spec/22/">22/C4</a></h5><div></div></header><div>The Collective Code Construction Contract (C4) is an evolution of the github.com Fork + Pull Model, aimed at providing an optimal collaboration model for free software projects. This is revision 1 of the C4 specification.
Note: this RFC is superceded by http://rfc.zeromq.org/spec:42/C4
License Copyright (c) 2009-2015 Pieter Hintjens.
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Howard Chu @ Symas (hyc@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 03-Aug-2026 04:42:34 JST Howard Chu @ Symas
The #Monero Project uses Pieter Hintjens' Collective Code Construction Contract https://rfc.zeromq.org/spec/22/ as the basis of its project/contribution rules. With all respect to my friend Pieter who is sorely missed, I think this C4 contract was written for a different era, and is problematic today.
This clause in particular: "Everyone, without distinction or discrimination, SHALL have an equal right to become a Contributor under the terms of this contract." is harmful, IMO.
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  The Collective Code Construction Contract (C4) is an evolution of the github.com Fork + Pull Model, aimed at providing an optimal collaboration model for free software projects. This is revision 1 of the C4 specification. Note: this RFC is superceded by http://rfc.zeromq.org/spec:42/C4 License Copyright (c) 2009-2015 Pieter Hintjens. This Specification is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.