The GrapheneOS IRC Channel Rules ================================ Last updated 2020-12-25 Hello and welcome to the GrapheneOS IRC channel, which is bridged to Matrix. We try to be welcoming and flexible and operate under the honour system as much as possible, so please don't abuse it. 0. Rule Zero or the "Don't be a dick" rule applies. Don't engage in harassment, spamming, trolling, or flame wars. Don't impersonate developers or moderators, or spread misinformation. 1. Read the FAQ at https://grapheneos.org/faq in its entirety prior to posting. 2. Don't engage in bikeshedding. Bikeshedding is the act of fussing around trivialities that soak up mental bandwidth and divert resources away from handling bigger and more important problems. This includes certain topics such as: A) Apps, service providers, or protocols that don't come with GrapheneOS. Services such as mail, messaging, and cloud storage services, are outside of GrapheneOS control and off-topic. B) Operating systems outside of the context of building or installing GrapheneOS. Officially supported install operating systems are mentioned at https://grapheneos.org/install#prerequisites C) Politics, such as comparing privacy laws in different jurisdictions. This is outside of GrapheneOS control. D) Hypothetical worst-case scenarios like backdoors, nationstate adversaries, intelligence agencies or "Three Letter Agencies" and their capabilities. This type of discussion just ends up being GrapheneOS versus your imagination. Code has limits, your imagination doesn't, and it's not useful to threat model against an adversary whose capabilities are hypothetical and unlimited. E) Software licenses. The licenses in GrapheneOS were chosen very deliberately to comply with future goals and aspirations of the project. According to past experience, these topics descend into unresolvable ego-driven disputes. Playing a game of "mine is bigger, more paranoid, private, technical, or libre than yours" is extremely toxic and exhibits cult-like behaviour within communities. We don't want #GrapheneOS to turn into a privacy cult so these topics are currently embargoed. If in doubt of any rules please defer to moderators interpretation and requests. Avoid backseat moderating. Topics listed under Rule 2, may be redirected to #grapheneos-offtopic to a limited extent, as long as discussions remain civil and non-inflammatory. Rule Zero still applies and Rule 1 is still strongly encouraged. Please enjoy your stay and welcome to #GrapheneOS!