Code of conduct

1. Our pledge

ORÆ is a research and design project that takes its values literally — they are constraints, not slogans. We pledge a collaboration space that is honest, contestable, and free of coercion, regardless of seniority, discipline, or origin.

2. Expected behaviour

• Argue with the strongest version of someone's idea, not the weakest.
• Disclose conflicts of interest before contributing.
• Credit sources, references and earlier thinking.
• Surface disagreement openly — silent withdrawal hurts the draft.
• Respect the project's stage. Don't claim ORÆ does what it does not.

3. Unacceptable behaviour

• Harassment, intimidation, or personal attacks — in any forum, public or private.
• Discrimination on the basis of any protected characteristic.
• Misrepresenting ORÆ as an operational AGI, product, or company.
• Using ORÆ materials for manipulation, coercion, or unsafe deployment scenarios.
• Doxxing — including the stewards, whose pseudonymity is a project decision.

4. Refusal zones

The governance section names them, the code of conduct enforces them. ORÆ will not knowingly support work whose purpose is to coerce, surveil at scale without consent, automate destructive action, or evade audit. Contributors who knowingly direct ORÆ resources toward such ends step outside the project.

5. Reporting

If you witness or experience behaviour outside this code, contact us through the contact form and mark your message "Code-of-conduct report". Reports are reviewed in confidence by the stewardship. Retaliation against reporters is itself a violation.

6. Enforcement

Stewards may, after review and proportional to severity: ask for a correction, pause a collaboration, withdraw access to ORÆ materials, or remove a contributor from the project. Decisions and their reasons are logged internally and, where appropriate, summarised in the public log.